娼 = 女 + 昌

娼 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “prostitute”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 昌 (light of sun).

Keyword: prostitute
Pinyin (Mandarin): chāng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: prostitute, harlot, блудница, проститутка, harlot
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 娼 harlot

Decomposition

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女 woman
昌 light of sun

How to find 娼 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “light of sun”. 娼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 娼 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.