曌

曌 U+66CC, 曌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66CC ← 曋 [U+66CB] CJK Unified Ideographs 曍 → [U+66CD]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 瞾

Han character

曌 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日月十金一 (ABJCM), four-corner 6710₁, composition ⿱明空)

1. special character for the name of Wu Zetian

References

• 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

Glyph origin

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

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).

Japanese

Kanji

曌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 照

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: てる (teru, 曌る); てり (teri, 曌り); てり (teri, 曌); てらす (terasu, 曌らす); てらし (terashi, 曌らし); てらし (terashi, 曌); てれる (tereru, 曌れる); てれ (tere, 曌れ); てれ (tere, 曌)