赃 zāng booty
booty; loot; stolen goods; to bribe
How to remember 赃: 贝 sea shell + 庄 village = booty. The kids play pirates at the edge of the old village and bury every sea shell they own as their booty and treasure.
Component breakdown
赃 = 贝 sea shell + 庄 village
- 贝 sea shell
- 庄 village
The kids play pirates at the edge of the old village and bury every sea shell they own as their booty and treasure.
How it is used
- Stolen goods / ill-gotten gains - 赃款 (zāngkuǎn) illicit money, 赃物 (zāngwù) stolen goods, 贪赃枉法 (tānzāng-wǎngfǎ) to take bribes and pervert the law.
- 栽赃 (zāizāng) means to frame someone by planting evidence; 销赃 (xiāozāng) to fence stolen goods. Legal register.