脏

臟
zàng
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viscera, (anatomy) organ

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

脏 uses 月 flesh, for body parts, as the meaning part and 庄 zhuāng for the sound. Read zàng, it means bodily organs. Read zāng, it means filthy or dirty; that sense was borrowed for the sound.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

HSK 5
脏zāng
dirty

Homophones

藏zàng
storehouse, depository

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