漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
帝: sovereign, the emperor
Also: god, creator
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亠 and 巾 carry the meaning · 冖 is drawn in
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
テイtei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 帝国ていこくempire
- 皇帝こうていemperor
- 帝政ていせいimperial government; imperialism
- 帝国主義ていこくしゅぎ
- 帝王ていおうsovereign; emperor; monarch
みかどmikado · kun'yomi · on its own
- 帝みかどemperor (of Japan); mikado
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Fresh from the loom! This radical represents the soft, woven materials we use every day—from a simple "towel" to a grand "banner" carried into battle.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dì
Same form: 帝 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 帝 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 帝 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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