肮 meaning and stroke order
Dirty, filthy
How to write 肮, stroke by stroke
8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 肮
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- used in 骯髒|肮脏[ang1 zang1]
How 肮 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Meat.
⺼ gives the meaning and 亢 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺼ (meat), shared by 176 characters on this site.
How to remember 肮
肮 combines the meat radical ⺼ with 亢 (kàng), which gives the sound. Picture a piece of meat left out too long until it turns dirty and gross.
肮 almost never appears alone. It lives inside the word 肮脏 (āngzāng), which means physically dirty and can also mean morally low or despicable. Example: 这条河很肮脏。(Zhè tiáo hé hěn āngzāng.) This river is very filthy.
Common mistake: Learners often read 肮 as kàng because of the phonetic part 亢, but the correct reading is āng with first tone and no initial consonant. Also, 脏 in 肮脏 is zāng (first tone), not zàng as in 心脏 (xīnzàng, heart).
Common words with 肮
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 肮脏 | āngzāng | dirty; filthy; despicable |
肮 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 肮
How many strokes are in 肮?
肮 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 肮 mean?
肮 (āng) means dirty, filthy. A common word with it is 肮脏 (āngzāng), meaning "dirty; filthy; despicable".
How do you pronounce 肮?
肮 is pronounced āng, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 肮?
The radical of 肮 is ⺼, which carries the idea of "meat". Dictionaries list 肮 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 肮?
The traditional form of 肮 is 骯. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 肮 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 肮脏 and 脏?
脏 (zāng) is the everyday word for dirty, as in 衣服脏了 (yīfu zāng le). 肮脏 is more formal and stronger, and it is often used for moral dirtiness, such as 肮脏的交易 (a dirty deal).
Why does 肮 have the meat radical if it means dirty?
In the simplified form, ⺼ is the semantic part and 亢 gives the sound. The traditional form 骯 uses 骨 (bone) instead, so both versions point to the body rather than to dirt itself.