炤

See also: 照

Translingual

Han character

炤 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火尸竹口 (FSHR), four-corner 9786₂, composition ⿰火召)

Related characters

• 照 (Orthodox form of 炤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 668, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18939
• Dae Jaweon: page 1077, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2197, character 13
• Unihan data for U+70A4

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 炤 – see 照 (“to shine upon; to illuminate; to reflect; to look; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 照).

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Japanese

Kanji

炤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. illumine
2. light up
3. reflect

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō), しゃく (shaku)
• Kun: てる (teru)

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Korean

Hanja

炤 • (so, jo) (hangeul 소, 조, revised so, jo, McCune–Reischauer so, cho, Yale so, co)

1. illumine
2. light up
3. reflect

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 炤 (chiếu, bảnh)

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References

• Nom Foundation