娼

娼 U+5A3C, 娼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A3C
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[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 Dictionary: 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
Characters in the same phonetic series (昌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
昌 *tʰjaŋ
倡 *tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs
猖 *tʰjaŋ
菖 *tʰjaŋ
閶 *tʰjaŋ
鯧 *tʰjaŋ
裮 *tʰjaŋ
琩 *tʰjaŋ
唱 *tʰjaŋs

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
    Synonym: 妓

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
Mandarin Beijing 妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
Taiwan 妓女, 婊子
Harbin 婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
Yantai (Muping) 婊子, 賣窯子的
Jinan 窯姐
Xi'an 窯子
Yinchuan 婊子, 娼婦
Lanzhou 婊子, 窯子
Xining 馬班子
Ürümqi 婊子
Wuhan 婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
Chengdu 梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
Guiyang 婊子, 娼妓
Kunming 爛使, 皮旦
Liuzhou 老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
Yangzhou 婊子, 姑娘 dated
Nanjing 婊子
Malaysia 雞
Singapore 妓女, 雞
Dagudi (Maliba) 賣屄人
Reshuitang (Longling) 賣屄人
Mae Salong (Lancang) 妓女, 賣屄婆
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 賣屄人
Cantonese Guangzhou 老舉, 野雞, 雞
Hong Kong 妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 老舉
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 老舉
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 老舉
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 老舉
Macau 老舉, 雞
Guangzhou (Panyu) 老舉
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 老舉
Guangzhou (Conghua) 老舉
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 老舉
Foshan 老舉
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 老舉
Foshan (Shunde) 老舉
Foshan (Sanshui) 老舉
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 老舉
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 老舉
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 老舉
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 老舉
Zhuhai (Doumen) 老舉, 雞
Jiangmen (Baisha) 老舉, 雞
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 老舉, 雞
Taishan 老舉, 妓女, 雞
Kaiping (Chikan) 老舉, 雞
Enping (Niujiang) 老舉, 雞
Heshan (Yayao) 老舉
Dongguan 老舉, 妓女, 雞
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 老舉
Xinyi 老舉
Nanning 老妓
Rongxian 雞
Hepu (Lianzhou) 老舉婆
Hepu (Shatian) 老契
Guiping 老舉
Guiping (Mule) 雞
Pingnan 雞
Guigang (Gangcheng) 老舉, 雞
Guigang (Pingdong) 老舉
Beihai 老舉
Beihai (Nankang) 老舉
Beihai (Yingpan) 老舉婆
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 老舉, 雞婆
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 老舉
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 雞婆
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 妓女, 老舉, 雞
Singapore (Guangfu) 雞
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 老舉
Móng Cái 老舉
Yangon (Taishan) 妓女, 老舉, 雞
Mandalay (Taishan) 女妓
Bangkok (Guangfu) 老舉, 雞
Betong (Rongxian) 雞
Gan Nanchang 姑娘, 婊子, 雀子
Lichuan 婊子
Pingxiang 婊子
Hakka Meixian 婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
Xingning 婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 老舉, 老舉婆, 雞
Huiyang 老舉
Dongguan (Qingxi) 老舉嫲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 老舉嫲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 老舉
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 老舉嫲
Wuhua (Huacheng) 雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
Wuhua (Changbu) 老舉嫲
Wuhua (Mianyang) 雞婆, 老舉嫲
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 老舉
Conghua (Lütian) 老舉
Yudu 婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 賺食嫲
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 菜店嫲
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 賺食嫲
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 賺食嫲
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 賺食嫲
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
Hong Kong 老舉嫲
Senai (Huiyang) 老舉, 雞
Huizhou Jixi 婊子, 賣屄貨
Jin Taiyuan 婊子, 窯子裡的
Xinzhou 婊子
Northern Min Jian'ou 妓嫲
Jianyang 妓嫲
Wuyishan 婊子
Eastern Min Fuzhou 白面, 白面哥
Changle 白面哥
Fuqing 婊
Yongtai 白面
Gutian 做婊子
Fu'an 白面
Ningde 白面
Shouning 婊囝
Zhouning 婊囝
Fuding 花娘
Matsu 白面
Southern Min Xiamen 婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
Quanzhou 婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
Zhangzhou 婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
Taipei 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Taipei (Wanhua) 趁食查某
New Taipei (Tamsui) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的
New Taipei (Sanxia) 趁食查某, 豆菜底
New Taipei (Pingxi) 趁食查某
Kaohsiung 菜店查某, 趁食查某
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 趁食查某, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的
Yilan 菜店查某, 趁食查某
Yilan (Toucheng) 趁食查某
Changhua (Lukang) 趁食查某
Taichung 趁食查某
Taichung (Wuqi) 趁食查某
Tainan 豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花
Tainan (Anping) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的
Taitung 趁食查某
Hsinchu 趁食查某
Kinmen 趁食查某, 相楗的
Penghu (Magong) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
Penghu (Xiyu) 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝
Penang (Hokkien) 歹查某, 雞
Singapore (Hokkien) 婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
Manila (Hokkien) 婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
Pingnan (Shangdu) 老妓
Chaozhou 娼, 雞
Shantou 花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
Jieyang 雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝
Haifeng 雞, 查某娼
Bangkok (Teochew) 妓女, 雞
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 老衍
Hat Yai (Teochew) 妓女
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 妓女
Leizhou 娘
Haikou 娘囝, 娘
Puxian Min Putian 貨𨈘
Xianyou 貨𨈘
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 老舉
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 老妓婆, 婊子婆
Wu Shanghai 婊子, 妓女, 煤餅
Shanghai (Chongming) 婊子, 野雞
Suzhou 婊子, 妓女
Danyang 婊子
Hangzhou 婊子, 妓女
Ningbo 花佬, 婊子
Wenzhou 大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
Jinhua 賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
Xiang Changsha 妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
Loudi 婊子, 娼婦
Quanzhou 妓女

Compounds

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
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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