娼

娼	U+5A3C, 娼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A3C

← 娻
[U+5A3B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

娽 →
[U+5A3D]

Translingual

Han character

娼 (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: volume 2, page 1057, character 15

Unihan data for U+5A3C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		娼
alt. forms		倡

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāng (chang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhông
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiong / chhiang / chhang

(Teochew, Peng'im): ciang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'ang¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chang
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng¹
  - Yale: chēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong¹
  - IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
  - Tâi-lô: tshiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiang
  - Tâi-lô: tshiang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiafng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhang
  - Tâi-lô: tshang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhafng
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ciang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ³³/

Definitions

娼

prostitute

Compounds

倚門之娼／倚门之娼
公娼
土娼
娼優／娼优
娼夫
娼妓 (chāngjì)

娼婦／娼妇 (chāngfù)
娼寮
娼店
娼根
嫖娼 (piáochāng)

暗娼 (ànchāng)
男盜女娼／男盗女娼
私娼 (sīchāng)
迫良為娼／迫良为娼
逼良為娼／逼良为娼

Japanese

Kanji

娼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: しょう (shō)

Kan’on: しょう (shō)

Kun: あそびめ (asobime)

Korean

Hanja

娼 • (chang) (hangeul 창, revised chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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