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U+66CC, 曌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66CC

[U+66CB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+66CD]

Translingual

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Alternative forms

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Han character

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

  1. special character for the name of Wu Zetian

References

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  • 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

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Glyph origin

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Coined by Chinese empress regnant Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian chose 曌 (sometimes ) as her own name after she became the empress regnant of China. 曌 and 瞾 both are variations of , and both were used during her regime only.

Definitions

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

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Alternative form of

Readings

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