娼

娼 U+5A3C, 娼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A3C
← 娻
[U+5A3B]
CJK Unified Ideographs 娽 →
[U+5A3D]

Translingual

Han character

娼 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女日日 (VAA), four-corner 46460, composition ⿰女昌)

References

  • KangXi: page 263, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6376
  • Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1057, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5A3C

Chinese

trad. 娼
simp. # 娼
alternative forms 倡

Glyph origin

Etymology

From 倡 (OC *tʰjaŋ, “performer”). Cognate with 唱 (OC *tʰjaŋs, “to sing”).

Pronunciation


Definitions

娼

  1. prostitute
  2. (historical) female performer of song and dance

Compounds

  • 公娼
  • 土娼
  • 娼夫
  • 娼妓 (chāngjì)
  • 娼寮 (chāngliáo)
  • 娼店
  • 娼根
  • 嫖娼 (piáochāng)
  • 暗娼 (ànchāng)
  • 私娼 (sīchāng)
  • 倚門之娼/倚门之娼

Japanese

Kanji

娼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. prostitution

Readings

  • Go-on: しょう (shō)
  • Kan-on: しょう (shō)
  • Kun: あそびめ (asobime)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 娼. Recorded as Middle Korean 챠ᇰ (chyang) (Yale: chyang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 娼 (eumhun 창녀 창 (changnyeo chang))

  1. Hanja form? of 창 (“prostitute”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

娼: Hán Nôm readings: xướng

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