# 娼

| 娼 | U+5A3C, &#23100; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A3C |
| ← 娻 [U+5A3B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 娽 → [U+5A3D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

娼 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女日日 (VAA), four-corner 4646$_0$, composition ⿰女昌)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 263, character 40
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6376
* Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1057, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5A3C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 昌 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 倡 | *tʰjaŋ, *tʰjaŋs |
| 猖 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 菖 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 閶 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 鯧 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 裮 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 琩 | *tʰjaŋ |
| 唱 | *tʰjaŋs |

### Etymology

From 倡 (OC *tʰjaŋ, “performer”). Cognate with 唱 (OC *tʰjaŋs, “to sing”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chāng (chang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhông
    (Hailu, HRS): chong$^ˋ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiŏng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cyong$^1$ / cyeng$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhiong / chhiang / chhang
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chang
*** Wade–Giles: chʻang$^1$
*** Yale: chāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chang
*** Palladius: чан (čan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: coeng$^1$
*** Yale: chēung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhông
*** Hakka Romanization System: cong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: chong$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰoŋ⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiŏng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuoŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cyong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰyɒŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cyeng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰyøŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
*** Tâi-lô: tshiong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiang
*** Tâi-lô: tshiang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiafng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhang
*** Tâi-lô: tshang
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhafng
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ciang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiang
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiaŋ³³/

### Definitions

娼
* prostitute
* (historical) female performer of song and dance
    Synonym: 妓

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 妓女, 婊子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 妓女, 雞 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 窯姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 婊子, 賣窯子的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 馬班子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 婊子, 娼婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 婊子, 窯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 婊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 婊子, 娼妓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 爛使, 皮旦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 賣屄人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 賣屄人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 妓女, 賣屄婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 賣屄人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 婊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 婊子, 姑娘 dated |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老舉, 野雞, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老舉, 妓女, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老舉, 妓女, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 老妓 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 老舉婆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 老契 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 老舉婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老舉, 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 雞婆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 妓女, 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 雞 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老舉 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 妓女, 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 女妓 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 雞 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姑娘, 婊子, 雀子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 婊子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 婊子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 老舉, 老舉婆, 雞 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 雞婆, 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老舉 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 菜店嫲 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 菜店嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 賺食嫲 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老舉嫲 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老舉, 雞 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 婊子, 賣屄貨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 婊子, 窯子裡的 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 婊子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 妓嫲 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 妓嫲 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 婊子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 白面, 白面哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 白面哥 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 婊 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 做婊子 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 白面 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 婊囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 婊囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 花娘 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 白面 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 趁食查某, 豆菜底 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 菜店查某, 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 菜店查某, 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 趁食查某 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 趁食查某, 相楗的 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 歹查某, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 婊仔, 樂洞, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 婊, 婊仔, 摃婆, 漚摃, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 老妓 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 娼, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 花娘, 騷婆, 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 雞, 查某娼 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 妓女, 雞 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 老衍 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 妓女 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 娘 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 娘囝, 娘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 貨𨈘 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 貨𨈘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 老舉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老妓婆, 婊子婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 婊子, 妓女, 煤餅 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 婊子, 野雞 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 婊子, 妓女 |
| Wu | Danyang | 婊子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 婊子, 妓女 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 花佬, 婊子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 大毛, 嬉老, 花兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 婊子, 娼婦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 妓女 |

### Compounds

* 倚門之娼 / 倚门之娼
* 公娼 (gōngchāng)
* 土娼
* 娼優 / 娼优
* 娼夫
* 娼妓 (chāngjì)
* 娼婦 / 娼妇 (chāngfù)
* 娼寮 (chāngliáo)
* 娼店
* 娼根
* 嫖娼 (piáochāng)
* 暗娼 (ànchāng)
* 男盜女娼 / 男盗女娼 (nándàonǚchāng)
* 私娼 (sīchāng)
* 迫良為娼 / 迫良为娼
* 逼良為娼 / 逼良为娼 (bīliángwéichāng)

### References

* “娼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “娼”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 26.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* prostitution

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: あそびめ (asobime)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 娼. Recorded as Middle Korean 챠ᇰ (chyang) (Yale: chyang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [창]

### Hanja

Wikisource 娼 (eumhun 창녀 창 (changnyeo chang))
* hanja form of 창 (“prostitute”)

#### Compounds

* 가창 (街娼, gachang)
* 공창제 (公娼制, gongchangje)
* 남창 (男娼, namchang)
* 사창 (私娼, sachang)
* 창녀 (娼女, changnyeo)
* 창부 (娼婦, changbu)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

娼: Hán Nôm readings: xướng
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