臟

See also: 脏, 臓, and 贓

Translingual

Traditional	臟
Shinjitai	臓
Simplified	脏

Han character

臟 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+18, 22 strokes, cangjie input 月廿戈尸 (BTIS) or 難月廿戈尸 (XBTIS), four-corner 7425₃, composition ⿰月藏)

Descendants

• 臓

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 998, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30046
• Dae Jaweon: page 1449, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2126, character 2
• Unihan data for U+81DF

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Chinese

trad.		臟
simp.		脏*
alternative forms		臧 藏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	*kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	*zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘	*zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	*sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	*braːn, *zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	*ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	*rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zaːŋs) : semantic ⺼ + phonetic 藏 (OC *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs).

Etymology

Specializational glyph of 藏 (OC *zaːŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàng (zang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chn̄g / chōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsang⁴
    • Yale: dzàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzanq
    • Palladius: цзан (czan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zong⁶
    • Yale: johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• chn̄g - vernacular;
• chōng - literary.

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zaːŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	臟
Reading #	1/1
No.	10285
Phonetic component	爿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	藏
Old Chinese	/*zaːŋs/
Notes	藏轉註分化字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 臟

1. internal organs; viscera

   心臟／心脏  ―  xīnzàng  ―  the heart

   五臟六腑／五脏六腑  ―  wǔzàngliùfǔ  ―  all the human internal organs (lit. five viscera and six bowels)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	臓
Kyūjitai	臟

Kanji

臟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 臓)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぞう (zō); そう (sō)
• Kun: はらわた (harawata, 臟)

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Korean

Hanja

臟 • (jang) (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune–Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 臟 (tạng)

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