諦
dì

careful

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
帝
帝 Sound component
dì supreme ruler

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangteːɡs

說文解字

審也。从言帝聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

谛 dì, tí careful Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 帝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諦.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

帝
帝 Sound component
dì supreme ruler

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode