胰脏
yí​zàng

pancreas

胰 yí pancreas

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 夷 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

夷
夷 Sound component
yí ancient barbarian tribes

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglil
lɯ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

脏 zàng, zāng internal organs, dirty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 庄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 髒 (dirty) and 臟 (internal organ).

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

庄
庄 Sound component
zhuāng village, farmstead

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

臟 zàng, zāng internal organs Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 藏 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

藏
藏 Sound component
cáng hide

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzaːŋs

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang