娼
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prostitute
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 娼
- Common rank
- #3,302
- Unicode
- U+5A3C
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Formation & memory
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Words with 娼
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笑贫不笑娼 | the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scrup… | |
| 逼良为娼 | to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom); to debauch | |
| 娼家 | brothel | |
| 娼女 | prostitute | |
| 暗娼 | unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute | |
| 宿娼 | to visit a prostitute | |
| 娼妇 | prostitute | |
| 娼妓 | prostitute | |
| 嫖娼 | to visit prostitutes; to go whoring |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 昌 — compare how they read.