Chinese symbol for “filth”
脏污
zāng wū
Traditional: 髒污
filth; grime; stain; dirty; filthy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for filth is 脏污 (zāng wū), defined as: filth; grime; stain; dirty; filthy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “filth”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 污垢 | wū gòu | dirt; filth; grime |
| 污 | wū | dirty; filthy |
| 污秽 (污穢) | wū huì | (literary) dirty; filthy; (literary) dirt; filth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 脏污.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心脏 (心臟) | xīn zàng | heart; 颗 (kē),个 (gè) |
| 肮脏 (骯髒) | āng zāng | dirty; filthy; despicable |
| 心脏病 (心臟病) | xīn zàng bìng | heart disease |
| 肾脏 (腎臟) | shèn zàng | kidney |
| 肝脏 (肝臟) | gān zàng | liver |
| 内脏 (內臟) | nèi zàng | internal organs; viscera |
| 污染 | wū rǎn | (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate |
| 贪污 (貪污) | tān wū | to be corrupt; corruption |
See also: Japanese symbol for “filth”.
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.