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{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=131|rad=臣|as=08|sn=14|four=23250|canj=IMSLL|ids=⿵戕臣}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[㵴]], [[贓]], [[藏]], [[𡁧]], [[𡒤]], [[𡽴]], [[𮍄]], [[𡾻]], [[𩯩]], [[𡒉]], [[𡒥]], [[𢨑]]}}

===Further reading===
{{Han ref|kx=0999.230|dkj=30083|dj=1451.010|hdz=21410.110|uh=81E7}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|alt=𦣣,匨,𠗱}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|臣|戈|t1=eye|t2=spear;weapon|ls=ic}} – "slave; prisoner of war" (slaves in ancient China were blinded, hence the {{zh-l|*臣}} component. Hence, the original version is [[𦣣]].

The phonetic component {{och-l|爿|id=2}}, absent in the oracle-bone script, was added at a later stage (see {{zh-ref|Yang, 1965}}, and references therein), leading ''{{w|Shuowen}}'' to interpret the character as a {{Han compound|戕|臣|c1=p|c2=s|ls=psc|nocap=1}}.

Perhaps borrowed phonetically to mean "generous".

See also {{zh-l|*童}}, {{zh-l|*民}}, and {{zh-l|*盲}}.

===Etymology 1===
{{der|zh|sit}}; cognate with {{cog|bo|བཟང||good; fine}} ({{zh-ref|Coblin, 1986}}).

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=zāng
|c=zong1
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=a,v,pn
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|literary}} [[good]]; [[right]]; [[generous]]
#* {{zh-x|彼 月 而 食，則 維 其 常。此 日 而 食，于 何 不 臧？|For the moon to be eclipsed,<br>Is but an ordinary matter.<br>Now that the sun has been eclipsed,<br>How bad [lit. not '''good'''] it is!|ref=Shijing}}
# {{lb|zh|literary}} to [[praise]]; to [[commend]]
# {{surname|zh}}
#: {{zh-x|^臧 ^克-家|{{w|Zang Kejia|'''Zang''' Kejia}} (Chinese poet)}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|不臧|人謀不臧|臧否|臧否人物|臧獲|臧穀亡羊|陟罰臧否}}

===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|zh}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=zāng
|c=zong1
|mc=y
|oc=n,y
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{†}} {{lb|zh|pejorative}} [[slave]]; [[enslave]]d [[captive]]
#* {{zh-x|且夫{fú} 臧-獲 婢妾，猶 能 引決，況 僕 之 不得已 乎？|If even '''the lowest slave''' and scullion maid can bear to commit suicide, why shouldn't one like myself be able to do what has to be done?|CL|ref=1st century {{BCE}}, {{w|Sima Qian}}, ''Letter to Ren An''. Translated by {{w|Burton Watson}}.}}
# {{†}} {{alt form|zh|贓|t=[[booty]]; [[loot]]; [[stolen]] [[good]]s}}

===Etymology 3===

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=cáng
|c=cong4
|cat=v
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{alt form|zh|藏|t=to [[hide]]; to [[store]]}}

===Etymology 4===

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=zàng
|c=zong6
|cat=v,n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{†}} {{alt form|zh|藏|tr=zàng|t=[[storing]] [[pace]]; [[depository]]}}
# {{†}} {{alt form|zh|臟|tr=zàng|t=[[internal organs]], [[viscera]]}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=臣08}}

# {{rfdef|ja|sort=臣08}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|on=ぞう
|kun=よい, あつい, おさめる
}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|장}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=臣08}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|rs=臣08|reading=[[tang]], [[tàng]]}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=臣08}}

{{cln|vi|Han tu}}