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娼 = 女 + 昌
娼 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “harlot”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 昌 (prosperous). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2311.
- Keyword
- harlot
- RTK frame
- 2311
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あそびめ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- prostitute, блудница
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 娼 prostitute
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 娼 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “prosperous”. 娼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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