U+662D "昭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
昭
U+662D "昭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "bright," "luminous," or "clear," often conveying a sense of shining or manifesting light and virtue. This ideograph is composed of the radical for "sun" (日) on the left and the phonetic component "召" on the right, and it appears in classical texts, names, and historical contexts, such as the reign of Emperor Zhao of Han. In modern usage, it frequently forms part of compound words related to clarity, illumination, or demonstration, and it carries positive connotations of brilliance and enlightenment.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+662D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 昭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 昭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x98 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x662D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000662D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u662d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AC4C |
| kCCCII | 214328 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-514F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-514F |
| kCangjie | ASHR |
| kCantonese | ciu1 |
| kCihaiT | 638.204 |
| kCowles | 289 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0858.020 |
| kDefinition | bright, luminous; illustrious |
| kEACC | 214328 |
| kFanqie | 止遙 |
| kFenn | 715G |
| kFennIndex | 19.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6706.2 |
| kGB0 | 5349 |
| kGB1 | 5349 |
| kGSR | 1131m |
| kHangul | 소:0E 조:N |
| kHanYu | 21504.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21504.090:zhāo,zhào |
| kHKGlyph | 1773 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0858.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21504.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0493.220 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5551 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AC4C |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E3C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E3A6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6139 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-514F |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8D23 |
| kJapanese | ショウ あきらか |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1491 |
| kJapaneseKun | AKIRAKA |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kJis0 | 3028 |
| kKangXi | 0493.220 |
| kKorean | SO CO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2507 |
| kMandarin | zhāo |
| kMatthews | 236 |
| kMeyerWempe | 315a 319b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013238 |
| kMorohashi | 13855 |
| kNelson | 2114 |
| kPhonetic | 219 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2468+72.4.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 72.5 |
| kSBGY | 149.22 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 290.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhāo粵ciu1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2507 |
| kTang | *jiɛu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 467.130:zhāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 253:145 |
| kXHC1983 | 1459.010:zhāo |