赃 (zāng) — stolen goods, loot; bribes
Definition
赃 (zāng) is an abstract legal noun meaning 'stolen goods / loot / bribes' — almost always combined with 物, 款, or 赃 itself (e.g. 赃物, 赃款) to form concrete compound terms.
noun
stolen goodslootbribes
Examples
- 。Jǐng chá zhǎo dào le fàn zuì fèn zǐ cáng de zāng wù.The police found the stolen goods hidden by the criminals.
- 。Tā yīn wèi shōu shòu zāng kuǎn bèi fǎ yuàn pàn le xíng.He was sentenced by the court for accepting bribes.
- 。Zhè xiē zāng wù dōu shì fēi fǎ suǒ dé.These stolen goods are all ill-gotten gains.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 贓; 赃 is its simplified writing.
Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèi
Sound part声符shēngfú
臧
臧zāng贓zāng
Same sound today
The traditional form 贓 uses 貝, the shell character, to show money, and 臧 to give the sound. The simplified 赃 is a shorthand; its right side is not the old sound part.
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