帝(dì)

HSK 69 strokes

emperor

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Character information

Pinyin
dì
Meaning
emperor
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 帝 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿱立巾

An altar on which a sacrifice is being made

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

立lì巾jīn

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 帝 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 帝

Common words using 帝 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shàng上dì帝
HSK 6

God

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huáng皇dì帝
HSK 6

emperor

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dì帝guó国
HSK 7-9

empire

Open 帝国 page →
dì帝guó国zhǔ主yì义
HSK 7-9

imperialism

Open 帝国主义 page →
wǔ五dì帝

the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[H…

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fǎn反dì帝

to be anti-imperialist

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sān三huáng皇wǔ五dì帝

three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend

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dà大dì帝

heavenly emperor

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Related characters

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丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 帝’s common words

上皇国主义五反三

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