髒

See also: 脏

Translingual

Han character

髒 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+12, 21 strokes, cangjie input 月月廿一廿 (BBTMT), four-corner 7424₁, composition ⿰骨葬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1450, character 60
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45284
• Dae Jaweon: page 1977, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4418, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9AD2

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Chinese

trad.		髒
simp.		脏*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
髒	*ʔsaːŋʔ
葬	*ʔsaːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaːŋʔ) : semantic 骨 (“bone”) + phonetic 葬 (OC *ʔsaːŋs).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zāng (zang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zang¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zang
    • Wade–Giles: tsang¹
    • Yale: dzāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzang
    • Palladius: цзан (czan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zang¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zong¹
    • Yale: jōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ²¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 髒

1. dirty; filthy; soiled; foul
2. to make dirty; to soil; to besmirch; to sully; to stain; to defile; to contaminate
3. (euphemistic) haunted; possessed by supernatural forces

Synonyms

• (dirty):

(deprecated template usage)

• 不乾淨／不干净 (bù gānjìng)
• 惡濁／恶浊 (èzhuó)
• 污穢／污秽 (wūhuì)
• 骯髒／肮脏
• 髒兮兮／脏兮兮 (zāngxīxī)
• 齷齪／龌龊 (wòchuò)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 髒 (“dirty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		污, 穢, 污穢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		骯髒, 污穢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	髒, 腌臢
	Taiwan	髒, 骯髒
	Langfang	髒
	Harbin	埋汰
	Singapore	骯髒
Jilu Mandarin	Cangzhou	邋遢
	Baoding	骯髒
	Shijiazhuang	髒
	Jinan	髒, 窩囊, 腌臢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	髒, 邋乎, 埋汰
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	齷齪, 邋遢
	Daming	陳
	Wanrong	髒, 日髒, 骯髒
	Xi'an	髒, 骯髒
	Xining	骯髒, 髒
	Xuzhou	骯髒, 腌臢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	髒
	Lanzhou	髒
	Ürümqi	髒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	髒, 齷齪, 邋遢
	Wuhan	拉瓜, 賴
	Guiyang	髒
	Kunming	邋遢
	Liuzhou	邋遢, 污糟, 涴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	髒
	Yangzhou	髒, 邋遢
	Hefei	髒, 膿糟, 拾弄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
	Hong Kong	污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	邋遢, 骯屎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	骯屎
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	揦鮓
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	垠
	Macau	污糟
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	污糟, 邋遢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	污糟, 邋遢
	Foshan	污糟, 邋遢
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	污糟
	Foshan (Shunde)	污糟
	Foshan (Sanshui)	污糟
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	污糟
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	邋遢
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	邋遢
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	揦鮓
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	揦鮓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	揦鮓, 邋遢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	揦鮓
	Taishan	邋遢, 揦鮓, 黧貰
	Kaiping (Chikan)	邋遢, 揦鮓
	Enping (Niujiang)	邋遢
	Heshan (Yayao)	邋遢
	Dongguan	賴濕, 鹹濕
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	垠
	Yangjiang	失引, 污糟, 揦鮓
	Singapore (Guangfu)	污糟, 揦鮓
Gan	Nanchang	腌臢
	Lichuan	邋遢
	Pingxiang	雷堆, 雷賴, 齷齪
Hakka	Meixian	漚紐, 穢
	Xingning	累贅
	Huidong (Daling)	囉嗦
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	囉嗦
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	囉嗦
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	烏數
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	烏奴
	Liannan	邋遢
	Jiexi	垃圾
	Changting	齷齪
	Wuping	屙糟
	Wuping (Pingyu)	屙糟
	Liancheng	屙糟
	Ninghua	齷齪
	Yudu	屙糟
	Ruijin	屙糟
	Shangyou (Shexi)	垃圾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	屙糟, 垃圾
	Hong Kong	漚紐, 累贅, 囉嗦
Huizhou	Jixi	活柴, 污糟
	Shexian	邋遢, 污糟
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	遢邋
	Xiuning	遢邋
	Yixian	邋遢
	Qimen	邋遢
	Wuyuan	邋遢
Jin	Taiyuan	日髒, 髒, 腌臢
	Xinzhou	日髒
	Zhangjiakou	髒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	污喏, 垃圾
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	污喏
	Jianyang	污喏
	Wuyishan	垃圾
	Pucheng (Shibei)	垃圾
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	垃渣, 濫𡞟, 懶露, 五鹵, 齷齪
Southern Min	Xiamen	流瘍, 流死瘍, 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Quanzhou	腌臢, 兇, 驚儂, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Zhangzhou	腌臢, 垃圾, 淤漬, 驚儂, 垃圾鬼, 穢涗, 塕埃
	Taipei	垃圾, 垃儳, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
	Kaohsiung	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
	Yilan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	Changhua (Lukang)	垃圾, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
	Taichung	垃圾
	Taichung (Wuqi)	垃圾
	Tainan	垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂, 流𣻸
	Taitung	垃圾
	Hsinchu	垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻
	Kinmen	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
	Penghu (Magong)	垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
	Penang (Hokkien)	垃儳
	Singapore (Hokkien)	流瘍, 垃儳, 垃圾, 厚穢
	Manila (Hokkien)	腌臢
	Chaozhou	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Shantou	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	垃圾
	Jieyang	垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	凄疑
	Singapore (Teochew)	垃圾, 邋遢
	Leizhou	邋滯
	Wenchang	尻髒
	Haikou	尻髒
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	污盧
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	齷齪
Wu	Shanghai	齷齪, 鏖糟 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	邋遢, 齷齪
	Suzhou	齷齪, 邋遢, 污糟
	Wuxi	污糟, 齷拉
	Danyang	髒
	Hangzhou	埲, 邋遢
	Ningbo	膩腥, 鏖糟, 淟汰, 邋遢 dated
	Wenzhou	鏖糟, 髒
	Jinhua	遮捏, 鏖糟
Xiang	Changsha	邋遢, 邋糊
	Shuangfeng	派老, 邋遢

• (to make dirty): 弄髒／弄脏 (nòngzāng)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎng (zang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tsang³
    • Yale: dzǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaang
    • Palladius: цзан (czan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑŋ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsangX

Rime
Character	髒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	子朗切
Baxter	tsangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡saŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zong2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	髒
Reading #	1/1
No.	16544
Phonetic component	葬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	駔
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːŋʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 髒

1. Only used in 骯髒／肮脏 (kǎngzǎng).

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Japanese

Kanji

髒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō)
• Kun: きたない (kitanai)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 髒 (táng, tảng)

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