娼

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prostitute

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 (semantic, “woman”) + 昌 (phonetic, chāng)

components: 女昌

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 昌

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 昌 (chāng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
昌 sound component	chāng	sunlight; good, proper; prosperous
唱	chàng	to sing, to chant, to call; ditty, song
猖	chāng	mad, wild; reckless, unruly
鲳	chāng	silvery pomfret, Stromateoides argenteus
菖	chāng	iris, sweet flag, Calamus

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
笑贫不笑娼	xiào pín bù xiào chāng	the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scrup…
逼良为娼	bī liáng wéi chāng	to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom); to debauch
娼家	chāng jiā	brothel
娼女	chāng nǚ	prostitute
暗娼	àn chāng	unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
宿娼	sù chāng	to visit a prostitute
娼妇	chāng fù	prostitute
娼妓	chāng jì	prostitute
嫖娼	piáo chāng	to visit prostitutes; to go whoring