臟

See also: 脏, 臓, and 贓

臟 U+81DF, 臟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81DF ← 臞 [U+81DE] CJK Unified Ideographs 臠 → [U+81E0]

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

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 (“flesh”) + phonetic 藏 (OC *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs).

Etymology

Specializational glyph of 藏 (OC *zaːŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zàng (zang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zang⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zong⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dong⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): cong⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhong

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cong⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): zon³
• Northern Min (KCR): cōng
• Eastern Min (BUC): câung
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chn̄g / chōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zang⁶

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): zang⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zaon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zan⁴

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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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zang⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zong⁶
    • Yale: johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːŋ²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔŋ³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: cong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong
    • Hakka Romanization System: cong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zon³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɒ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cōng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: câung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑuŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chn̄g
    • Tâi-lô: tsn̄g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sŋ̍²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ²²/

Note:

• chn̄g - vernacular;
• chōng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zang⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsăng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saŋ³⁵/
• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: zang⁶
  • Sinological IPA: /t͡saŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zaon
    • MiniDict: zaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɑ̃²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡san⁴⁵/

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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

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)

2. (Northern Min) intestines; guts

Synonyms

• (intestines): 腸子／肠子 (chángzi); (Hokkien) 腸仔／肠仔; (Wu) 肚腸／肚肠

Compounds

• 五臟／五脏 (wǔzàng)
• 五臟六腑／五脏六腑 (wǔzàng liùfǔ)
• 五臟神／五脏神
• 內臟／内脏 (nèizàng)
• 心臟／心脏 (xīnzàng)
• 肝臟／肝脏 (gānzàng)
• 肺臟／肺脏 (fèizàng)
• 胃臟／胃脏
• 胰臟／胰脏 (yízàng)
• 腑臟／腑脏
• 腎臟／肾脏 (shènzàng)
• 脾臟／脾脏 (pízàng)
• 脺臟／脺脏 (cuìzàng)
• 膵臟／膵脏 (cuìzàng)
• 臟器／脏器 (zàngqì)
• 臟腑／脏腑 (zàngfǔ)
• 臟象／脏象
• 臟躁症／脏躁症
• 臟頭／脏头
• 血臟／血脏
• 醃臟／腌脏

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	臓
Kyūjitai	臟

Kanji

臟

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 臓)

1. intestines
2. entrails

Readings

• Go-on: ぞう (zō)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: はらわた (harawata, 臟)

Korean

Hanja

臟 (eum 장 (jang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

臟: Hán Nôm readings: tạng

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