曌 · zhào

Wǔ Zétiān (a self-coined name)

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin: zhào
Cantonese: ziu3
Definition source: Unihan kDefinition

Wǔ Zétiān (a self-coined name)

Dictionary definitions & readings

曌 Zhào · name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天 Wǔ Zé tiān

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators: 21537.010:zhào Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators: 1462.010:zhào Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators: 469.030:zhào Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese: zhào粵ziu3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana: ショウ Source property ↗
Cangjie input code: ABJCM Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes: 6710.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions: 0500.251 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode: U+66CC
Radical: 日 · 72
Strokes: 16
Residual strokes: 12
Standard list: 通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7860

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Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

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History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties

kCihaiT: 647.507
kHanYu: 21537.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian: 21537.010
kIRGKangXi: 0500.251
kKangXi: 0500.251
kMorohashi: 14186
kSMSZD2003Index: 296.04
kCangjie: ABJCM
kFourCornerCode: 6710.1
kMojiJoho: MJ013429
kPhonetic: 525
kUnihanCore2020: GHMT
kIRG_GSource: G3-4830
kIRG_HSource: HB2-E9BC
kIRG_JSource: J1-4263
kIRG_KSource: K2-3939
kIRG_TSource: T2-5747
kRSUnicode: 72.12
kTotalStrokes: 16
kBigFive: E9BC
kCCCII: 243E2B
kCNS1986: 2-5747
kCNS1992: 2-5747
kGB3: 4016
kJis1: 3467
kTGH: 2013:7860
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6: C+21725+48.3.13 C+21725+72.4.12
kCantonese: ziu3
kDefinition: Wǔ Zétiān (a self-coined name)
kHanyuPinyin: 21537.010:zhào
kJapanese: ショウ
kJapaneseKun: TEERU TEERASU TEERERU
kJapaneseOn: SHOU
kMandarin: zhào
kSMSZD2003Readings: zhào粵ziu3
kTGHZ2013: 469.030:zhào
kXHC1983: 1462.010:zhào

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10

1dictionary records using 曌0forms using this shape0attributed sound links

⿱ Above / below

明

空

Shape description
明 above 空 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿱明空$(GHTK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱明空$(GHTK)

^⿱明⿱穴工$(J)

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