prostitute
娼 centers on a woman who engages in sexual activity for payment: a prostitute.
娼 combines 女 (woman) with 昌, which likely contributes the sound and may carry a sense of flourishing or brightness, though the exact semantic link is uncertain.
A woman 女 beside 昌, which looks like two suns 日 rising. Picture a woman working under the bright lights of a red-light district.
For ショウ, imagine a showy woman on stage: show -> ショウ, and she is a prostitute putting on a performance.
prostitute
brothel
male prostitute
licensed prostitute
prostitute; harlot
brothel
brothel
abolition of licensed prostitution
unlicensed prostitute
brothel; house of ill repute; red-light district
geisha and prostitutes
ordinance liberating all geisha and prostitutes (1872)
prostitute; whore; streetwalker
high-class prostitute