# 臟

| 臟 | U+81DF, &#33247; 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 7425$_3$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (zang$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄗㄤˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zang$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zong$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): dong$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): cong$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cong$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zon$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): cōng
* Eastern Min (BUC): câung
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chn̄g / chōng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zang$^6$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): zang$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zaon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zan$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zàng
*** Wade–Giles: tsang$^4$
*** Yale: dzàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzanq
*** Palladius: цзан (czan)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zang$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saŋ²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zong$^6$
*** Yale: johng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzong$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zong$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔːŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: dong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔŋ³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: cong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong
*** Hakka Romanization System: cong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɔŋ⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɒ̃⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cōng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɔŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: câung
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* chn̄g - vernacular;
* chōng - literary.
* 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
* 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)
* (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

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 臓)
* intestines
* 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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