U+5A3C "娼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21057.150
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