瞾

瞾	U+77BE, 瞾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77BE

← 瞽
[U+77BD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

瞿 →
[U+77BF]

Translingual

Alternative forms

曌

Etymology

Wu Zetian chose 曌 (sometimes 瞾) as her own name after she became the female emperor of China. 曌 and 瞾 both are variations of 照, and both were used during her regime only.

Han character

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

References

KangXi: page 819, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23746

Dae Jaweon: page 1231, character 3

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2517, character 5

Unihan data for U+77BE

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji

瞾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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)