Chinese characters of Empress Wu

Chinese characters introduced by Empress Wu Zetian; fell into disuse after her death; e.g. 地 → 埊, 照 → 曌
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Chinese characters of Empress Wu

Summary

Chinese characters of Empress Wu ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Chinese characters of Empress Wu is credited with the discovery of Zong Qinke[2].
  • Chinese characters of Empress Wu's image is recorded as 则天文字之人.SVG[3].
  • Wu Zetian is named after Chinese characters of Empress Wu[4].
  • Chinese characters of Empress Wu's subclass of is recorded as Chinese characters[5].
  • Chinese characters of Empress Wu's subclass of is recorded as New Chinese character[6].
  • Chinese characters of Empress Wu's Commons category is recorded as Chinese characters of Empress Wu[7].
  • +0689-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chinese characters of Empress Wu[8].
  • Chinese characters of Empress Wu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01wzkp[9].
  • Chinese characters of Empress Wu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '則天文字'}[10].
  • Chinese characters of Empress Wu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '则天文字'}[11].
  • Chinese characters of Empress Wu's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 측천문자[12].

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Works and Contributions

Chinese characters of Empress Wu is credited with the discovery of Zong Qinke[2].

Why It Matters

Chinese characters of Empress Wu ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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