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The modern simplified character 脏 merges two traditional characters with distinct meanings and pronunciations: 髒 and 臟. 髒, originally written with the bone radical 骨, meant "dirty" or "filthy", while 臟, built with the flesh radical 月, referred to the body's internal organs. The simplified version uses 月 (flesh) as a semantic component and 庄 as a phonetic component, forming a phonosemantic compound that unifies the two older forms. This single character now functions as both an adjective meaning "unclean" and a noun meaning "viscera", with context clarifying the intended sense.
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这个房间很脏。
脏衣服需要洗一洗。
不要玩脏水。
他的鞋子沾满了脏泥。
心脏是人体的重要器官。
医生担心他的肝脏有问题。
由于环境污染，河流变得非常脏。
长期暴露在脏空气中会导致呼吸系统疾病。
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