脏
zāng · HSK 2
dirty
🗑️ 脏 = 月 (body/flesh) + 庄 (zhuāng, phonetic) — flesh that's gone foul
The 月 radical marks body/flesh words; 庄 supplies the sound (zhuāng → zāng). Originally written 髒 with 骨 (bone), the modern form keeps the body-meat sense: filth on or from the body.
脏 — flesh radical 月 + 葬 (burial, phonetic)
脏 is the simplified form of two distinct traditional characters. As 髒 it means 'dirty,' with 骨 (bone) hinting at decay; as 臟 it means 'internal organs,' using 月 (flesh) for the body. Modern 脏 merges both, with 葬 ('burial') serving as the phonetic component.