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Chinese symbol for “dirty”

肮脏
āng zāng
Traditional: 骯髒
dirty; filthy; despicable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dirty is 肮脏 (āng zāng), defined as: dirty; filthy; despicable.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

肮 āng
dirty, filthy
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes
脏 zāng
organs, viscera; dirty, filthy
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dirty”

WordPinyinMeaning
脏 (髒)zāngdirty; filthy
污wūdirty; filthy
龌龊 (齷齪)wò chuòdirty; filthy; vile; despicable
秽 (穢)huì(bound form) dirty; filthy
龌 (齷)wòdirty; small-minded

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肮脏.

WordPinyinMeaning
心脏 (心臟)xīn zàngheart; 颗 (kē),个 (gè)
心脏病 (心臟病)xīn zàng bìngheart disease
肾脏 (腎臟)shèn zàngkidney
肝脏 (肝臟)gān zàngliver
内脏 (內臟)nèi zànginternal organs; viscera

See also: Japanese symbol for “dirty”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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