臟 (zàng)

internal organs; viscera

How 臟 is written

Strokes
22
Radical
月 — moon
Traditional
臟
Simplified
脏

Components

  • 月 moon
  • 艹 grass
  • 爿 split wood
  • 厂 cliff
  • 戈 spear
  • 臣 minister/official

臟 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

zàng
viscera; (anatomy) organ
zāng
dirty; filthy

Common words using 臟

心臟 xīnzàng
heart; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
五臟 wǔzàng
five viscera of traditional Chinese medicine, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]
內臟 nèizàng
internal organs; viscera
心臟病 xīnzàngbìng
heart disease
肝臟 gānzàng
liver
腎臟 shènzàng
kidney
五臟六腑 wǔzàngliùfǔ
five viscera and six bowels of traditional Chinese medicine
胰臟 yízàng
pancreas
脾臟 pízàng
spleen
臟器 zàngqì
internal organs
臟腑 zàngfǔ
inner organs

臟 in a sentence

他有心臟病,不能做劇烈運動。

Tā yǒu xīnzàngbìng, bù néng zuò jùliè yùndòng.

“He has heart disease and cannot do strenuous exercise.”

How common is 臟?

臟 is the 1,632nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.4% of all running text.

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