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The character 娼 is structurally formed from the semantic component 女, meaning woman, and the phonetic component 昌, which primarily indicates pronunciation. It originated as a derivative of the character 倡, which initially referred to performers or entertainers without gender specification. Through the addition of the 女 radical, 娼 was created to explicitly denote female entertainers, and over centuries its meaning narrowed to specifically mean prostitute, a shift that occurred as female performance roles became increasingly associated with sexual service in societal perception.
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这个人不是娼妓。
娼妓是非法的。
他反对卖娼行为。
这座城市有娼寮。
娼妓问题需要解决。
政府严厉打击娼妓活动。
历史书中记载了古代娼妓制度。
社会工作者帮助娼妓重建生活。