禘
dì

imperial ancestor worship

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 帝 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

帝
帝 SoundMeaning component
dì supreme ruler

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdeːɡs

說文解字

《說文》：“禘，諦祭也。从示，帝聲。《周禮》曰：‘五歲一禘。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)