Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “zang”
9 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
Tone by tone
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The same letters can represent different words when the tone changes.
1
First tone
zāng
3
Third tone
zǎng
4
Fourth tone
zàng
Sound in context
Words using this pronunciation family
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脏zāng
dirty
心脏xīnzàngheart
埋葬máizàngto bury
内脏nèizànginternal organs
栽赃zāizāngto frame sb
葬zàngold variant of 葬[zang4]
葬礼zànglǐburial
下葬xià zàngto bury
五脏wǔ zàngfive viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]
五脏六腑wǔ zàng liù fǔfive viscera and six bowels