U+5A3C, 娼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A3C

[U+5A3B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5A3D]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 38, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女日日 (VAA), four-corner 46460, composition )

References

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  • 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

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Glyph origin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. prostitute
  2. (historical) female performer of song and dance
    Synonym:

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Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. prostitution

Readings

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

Korean

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 창녀 (changnyeo chang))

  1. hanja form? of (prostitute)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: xướng

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