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Kanji Detail for 娼 - "prostitute"
娼
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Meaning
娼 means "prostitute."
Prostitute - A courtesan; a singing girl.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
prostitute
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
prostitute, harlot
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
prostitute
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
prostitute, harlot
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Kunyomi
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 娼
The police had all the prostitutes line up in a straight line.
He walked on appearing to disregard the prostitute.
ある日のこと、警察が娼婦の集団を手入れした。少女もその集団の一員だった。
One day, the police raided a whole group of prostitutes, and the girl was among them.
ある少女の職業は娼婦だったが、彼女は自分のおばあちゃんにこのことを知られたくなかった。
A certain girl was a prostitute but didn't want her grandma to know.
More kanji with the radical 女 (onna・onnahen)
- 女 woman, daughter, young woman
- 奴 servant, yakko, that guy
- 好 good, to like, friendly
- 如 like, to reach, not as good as
- 妃 consort, queen, empress
- 妄 delusion, reckless, false
- 妊 pregnant, conceive
- 妖 mysterious, alluring, monster
- 妙 marvelous, extremely beautiful, young
- 妥 gentle, peaceful, proper
- 妨 to hinder, to disturb, obstacle
- 妬 to envy, jealousy, resentment
- 妹 younger sister, young woman, woman
- 妻 wife, spouse, garnish
- 姉 older sister, elder woman
- 始 to begin, to start, first
- 姓 surname, clan, title
- 委 to entrust, detailed, to abandon
- 姥 grandmother, old woman
- 姪 niece, nephew
- 姻 marriage, matrimony, in-law
- 姿 figure, posture, appearance
- 威 to threaten, stern, power
- 娃 beautiful, beauty, lovely
- 姫 princess, lady, beautiful
- 娘 daughter, girl, own child