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The traditional character 骯 is structurally a phono-semantic compound combining the semantic radical 骨, meaning "bone", with the phonetic component 亢, originally denoting the neck or throat bones. Over time, its meaning shifted through the compound 骯髒, which initially conveyed an upright or unyielding character before semantically transitioning to refer to physical filth. The simplified form 肮 altered the semantic component by replacing 骨 with 月, a radical often associated with flesh or body parts, while retaining the phonetic 亢, and the character now exclusively carries the meaning of "dirty" or "unclean".
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这个地方很肮脏。
他的衣服很肮脏。
孩子们玩得浑身肮脏。
这个房间比那个房间肮脏。
因为下雨，道路变得肮脏。
请不要把垃圾扔在肮脏的地方。
虽然这个地方很肮脏，但我们可以清理它。
政治斗争往往充满了肮脏的手段。