Chinese Character 娼 Meanings and components.

Form

娼

Meaning

娼 meaning[3] in English

Prostitute.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 娼 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and surname Chang (昌)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VAA

How to write 娼

To write娼chang1prostitute you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 昌chang1surname Chang arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 昌 = 娼

娼 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 娼 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 娼, looks as follow:

娼
Pinyin:chang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Prostitute
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
昌
Pinyin:chang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Chang
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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