娼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

prostitute

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
Kun (native)
  • あそびめ
Other languages
  • 拼音chang1
  • 한글chang
  • Hán-ViệtXướng

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+5A3C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰女昌

Words using this kanji

  • 娼婦しょうふ性サービスの提供で稼ぐ女性。prostitute
  • 娼妓しょうぎ宴席などで歌舞をして客の相手をする女性。 公認の売春婦。公娼。prostitute, harlot
  • 娼家しょうか遊女を置いて商う家。妓楼。brothel
  • 娼館しょうかんbrothel
  • 娼楼しょうろう女郎屋。妓楼。brothel

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(14 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
4646.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e8.3
Heisig
2311
Nelson
1235