U+5A3C "娼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
娼
U+5A3C "娼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically refers to a female entertainer, prostitute, or courtesan, often carrying a stigmatized connotation in both ancient and modern contexts. In traditional East Asian societies, this character was used to denote women involved in the sex trade or in certain performance roles linked to entertainment districts. Today, it remains in use in written Chinese and Japanese, though its appearance in literature, media, or everyday language can be sensitive due to its negative social implications and its association with exploitation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5A3C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 娼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 娼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA8 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5A3C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005A3C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5a3c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B140 |
| kCCCII | 213A29 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5964 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5964 |
| kCangjie | VAA |
| kCantonese | coeng1 |
| kCihaiT | 388.104 |
| kCowles | 502 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0530.270 |
| kDefinition | prostitute, harlot |
| kEACC | 213A29 |
| kFanqie | 尺良 |
| kFenn | 803F |
| kFennIndex | 16.10 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4646.0 |
| kGB0 | 7029 |
| kGB1 | 7029 |
| kHangul | 창:0N |
| kHanYu | 21057.150 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21057.150:chāng |
| kHKGlyph | 0933 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0530.270 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21057.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0263.400 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-663D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B140 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E2B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-ECE1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-735E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5964 |
| kJapanese | ショウ あそびめ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5019 |
| kJapaneseKun | ASOBIME |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kJis0 | 3011 |
| kKangXi | 0263.400 |
| kKorean | CHANG |
| kLau | 261 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1233 |
| kMandarin | chāng |
| kMatthews | 209 |
| kMeyerWempe | 219 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009751 |
| kMorohashi | 06376 |
| kNelson | 0457 1235 |
| kPhonetic | 119 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2451+38.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.8 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 158.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chāng粵coeng1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1233 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 038.090:chāng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 263:132 |
| kXHC1983 | 0120.100:chāng |