瞾

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 曌

Han character

瞾 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月山十金一 (BUJCM), composition ⿱䀠空)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 819, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23746
• Dae Jaweon: page 1231, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2517, character 5
• Unihan data for U+77BE

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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 瞾 – 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

瞾

(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, 瞾る); てり (teri, 瞾り); てり (teri, 瞾); てらす (terasu, 瞾らす); てらし (terashi, 瞾らし); てらし (terashi, 瞾); てれる (tereru, 瞾れる); てれ (tere, 瞾れ); てれ (tere, 瞾)