曌
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Translingual edit
Alternative forms edit
Han character edit
曌 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日月十金一 (ABJCM), four-corner 67101, composition ⿱明空)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 500, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14186
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1537, character 1
- Unihan data for U+66CC
Chinese edit
Glyph origin edit
Coined by Chinese empress regnant Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian chose 曌 (sometimes 瞾) as her own name after she became the empress regnant of China. 曌 and 瞾 both are variations of 照, and both were used during her regime only.
Definitions edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 曌 – see 照 (“to shine upon; to illuminate; to reflect; to look; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 照). |
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Kanji edit
曌
- Alternative form of 照