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娼

chāng

prostitute, harlot

🔤 Pictophonetic: 女 (woman) provides meaning, 昌 provides pronunciation

HSK 11 strokes Uncommon (36%)

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Component Breakdown

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sunlight; good, proper; prosperous

⿰女昌 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

nǚ

女

woman, girl; female

📷 Pictographic: A woman turned to the side

3 strokes HSK 1

chāng

昌

sunlight; good, proper; prosperous

💡 Ideographic: Speaking 曰 in the daytime 日

8 strokes HSK 6

rì

日

sun; day; daytime

📷 Pictographic: The sun

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yuē

曰

to speak; to say

💡 Ideographic: Picture of an open 一 mouth 口

4 strokes

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 娼 (10)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

to visit prostitutes / to go whoring

piáochāng

嫖娼 ↗

to visit prostitutes / to go whoring

暗娼 ↗

ànchāng

unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute

ànchāng

暗娼 ↗

unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute

逼良为娼 ↗

bīliángwéichāng

to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom) / to debauch

bīliángwéichāng

逼良为娼 ↗

to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom) / to debauch

to visit a prostitute

sùchāng

宿娼 ↗

to visit a prostitute

笑贫不笑娼 ↗

xiàopínbùxiàochāng

the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)

xiàopínbùxiàochāng

笑贫不笑娼 ↗

the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)