Read Edit View history 帝 dì HSK6 supreme ruler Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of firewood bundled together for a sacrifice. Based on the original meaning "firewood used as sacrifice", now written as 禘. Later the meaning changed to "emperor". Pinyin Separate values with commas dì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 帝 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 442, 857 ], [ 515, 819 ], [ 547, 782 ] ], [ [ 339, 687 ], [ 348, 682 ], [ 410, 680 ], [ 683, 735 ], [ 728, 734 ] ], [ [ 387, 637 ], [ 424, 594 ], [ 434, 564 ] ], [ [ 580, 682 ], [ 604, 661 ], [ 607, 648 ], [ 552, 547 ], [ 539, 536 ] ], [ [ 200, 519 ], [ 214, 485 ], [ 208, 457 ], [ 173, 374 ], [ 169, 321 ] ], [ [ 248, 482 ], [ 261, 469 ], [ 269, 469 ], [ 422, 501 ], [ 685, 540 ], [ 789, 551 ], [ 832, 543 ], [ 856, 520 ], [ 861, 506 ], [ 778, 419 ] ], [ [ 313, 371 ], [ 340, 349 ], [ 347, 316 ], [ 343, 234 ], [ 333, 182 ], [ 334, 130 ] ], [ [ 373, 360 ], [ 387, 348 ], [ 665, 392 ], [ 675, 392 ], [ 692, 379 ], [ 704, 357 ], [ 703, 273 ], [ 700, 212 ], [ 688, 170 ], [ 679, 159 ], [ 671, 160 ], [ 583, 186 ] ], [ [ 472, 485 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489 L 522 498 Z", "M 363 364 Q 345 382 313 380 Q 300 376 306 365 Q 336 305 311 214 Q 290 184 317 137 Q 318 134 324 128 Q 331 115 340 121 Q 367 142 368 222 Q 371 303 373 328 C 375 354 375 354 363 364 Z", "M 542 358 Q 591 367 640 370 Q 671 369 671 349 Q 677 214 661 197 Q 652 188 597 192 Q 581 195 577 189 Q 574 183 587 174 Q 642 137 675 109 Q 691 96 703 111 Q 730 145 731 220 Q 731 325 737 355 Q 741 376 731 386 Q 703 411 684 423 Q 671 429 661 420 Q 654 410 545 388 Q 542 388 542 387 L 486 379 Q 437 373 363 364 C 333 360 343 323 373 328 Q 377 328 383 329 Q 435 341 487 349 L 542 358 Z", "M 490 -31 Q 496 -56 502 -65 Q 508 -72 515 -70 Q 533 -58 536 -3 L 542 358 L 542 387 Q 542 388 543 389 Q 544 431 552 459 Q 555 477 541 486 Q 531 493 522 498 C 496 514 453 517 464 489 Q 485 444 486 382 L 486 379 L 487 349 Q 487 -5 490 -31 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 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