帝 (dì)

Emperor

How 帝 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
亠 — lid
Traditional
帝
Simplified
帝 (unchanged)

Components

  • 亠 lid
  • 丷 eight/divide
  • 冖 cover
  • 巾 turban/scarf

Common words using 帝

上帝 shàngdì
God
帝國 dìguó
empire; imperial
帝王 dìwáng
regent; monarch
帝都 dìdū
imperial capital
玉皇大帝 yùhuángdàdì
Jade Emperor
皇帝 huángdì
emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
三皇五帝 sānhuángwǔdì
three sovereigns 三皇 and five emperors 五帝 of myth and legend; the earliest system of Chinese historiography
五帝 wǔdì
Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them; usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧, Yu Shun 虞舜
光緒帝 guāngxùdì
Guangxu Emperor
反帝 fǎndì
anti-imperialist; anti-imperialists
土皇帝 tǔhuángdì
local tyrant
天帝 tiāndì
God of heaven; Celestial emperor

帝 in a sentence

古代的皇帝住在宮殿裡。

Gǔdài de huángdì zhù zài gōngdiàn lǐ.

“Ancient emperors lived in palaces.”

How common is 帝?

帝 is the 612th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 80.1% of all running text.

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