Japanese symbol for “pimping”

管理売春

かんりばいしゅん

Romaji: kanribaishun

pimping; pandering

In Japanese, pimping is 管理売春, read かんりばいしゅん (kanribaishun).

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Meanings

n pimping; pandering

Kanji and stroke order

管

pipe, tube, wind instrument

on: カン
kun: くだ

14 strokes · JLPT 2

理

logic, arrangement, reason

on: リ
kun: ことわり

11 strokes · JLPT 3

売

sell

on: バイ
kun: う.る、う.れる

7 strokes · JLPT 3

春

springtime, spring (season)

on: シュン
kun: はる

9 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
管理	かんり kanri	control; management (e.g. of a business)
保管	ほかん hokan	charge; custody; safekeeping
血管	けっかん kekkan	blood vessel; vein
管轄	かんかつ kankatsu	jurisdiction; control
管制	かんせい kansei	control (by the state); controlling; coordination
配管	はいかん haikan	plumbing; piping
理由	りゆう riyuu	reason; grounds; pretext
理解	りかい rikai	understanding; comprehension; appreciation
販売	はんばい hanbai	sale; sales; selling
青春	せいしゅん seishun	youth; adolescence; springtime of life

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.