脏

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dirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ meaning “flesh” + 庄 sound ( zhuāng )

Components ⺼庄

dirty · Heisig RSH #1787

flesh + 庄 hamlet

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
心脏病发作	xīn zàng bìng fā zuò	heart attack; to have a heart attack
开口成脏	kāi kǒu chéng zāng	(Internet slang) to use foul language (pun on 出口成章[chu1 kou3 cheng2 zhang1])
满口脏话	mǎn kǒu zāng huà	to pour out obscenities; filthy mouthed
心脏病	xīn zàng bìng	heart disease
心脏杂音	xīn zàng zá yīn	heart murmur
心脏搭桥手术	xīn zàng dā qiáo shǒu shù	coronary bypass operation
心脏收缩压	xīn zàng shōu suō yā	systolic blood pressure
小脏鬼	xiǎo zāng guǐ	dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
脏水	zāng shuǐ	dirty water; sewage
心脏	xīn zàng	heart; CL:顆\|颗[ke1],個\|个[ge4]
心脏舒张压	xīn zàng shū zhāng yā	diastolic blood pressure
脏器	zàng qì	internal organs
脏病	zāng bìng	(coll.) venereal disease
麻雀虽小，五脏俱全	má què suī xiǎo , wǔ zàng jù quán	the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom); small but complete in…
脏字	zāng zì	obscenity
脏乱差	zāng luàn chà	(coll.) squalid; squalor
内脏	nèi zàng	internal organs; viscera
脏土	zāng tǔ	dirty soil; muck; trash
脏话	zāng huà	profanity; obscene language; speaking rudely
五脏	wǔ zàng	five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] an…

Characters sharing the sound component 庄 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
庄 sound part	zhuāng	village, hamlet; villa, manor
桩	zhuāng	stake, post; matter, affair
赃	zāng	booty, loot; stolen goods; to bribe