zāng

booty

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
贝 meaning component

  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

庄 sound component

  Sound component

zhuāng

  

village, farmstead

Evolution

赃 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
赃 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
赃 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
赃 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zāng

booty, loot, stolen goods; bribe; stolen goods; booty; spoils

() 

zāng

variant of |[zāng]

Most common words with 赃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

赃款

booty

赃物

booty

栽赃

to frame sb (by planting sth on them)

booty

销赃

to dispose of stolen goods