帝
dì HSK6

supreme ruler

  • edit character approved 帝 — "to" by inralback19
    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 of 帝 changed to "emperor". → 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".

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  • edit character approved 帝 — "Adjusted info" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of firewood arranged together for a sacrifice. Based on the original meaning "imperial ancestral sacrifice", now written as 禘. Later the meaning of 帝 changed to "emperor". → Pictograph of firewood bundled together for a sacrifice. Based on the original meaning "firewood used as sacrifice", now written as 禘. Later the meaning of 帝 changed to "emperor".
    Original meaning
    imperial ancestral sacrifice → firewood used as sacrifice
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 帝 — "Rollback o6oyMujRknfbJYt6c" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Depicts the calyx or sepals of a plant. Similar in origin to 不. Based on the original meaning "stem of a plant", now written as 蒂. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. → Pictograph of firewood arranged together for a sacrifice. Based on the original meaning "imperial ancestral sacrifice", now written as 禘. Later the meaning of 帝 changed to "emperor".
    Original meaning
    stem of a plant → imperial ancestral sacrifice
    Sources

    Changed: hint, original meaning, sources

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  • edit character approved 帝 — "Changed etymology" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Pictograph of firewood arranged together for a sacrifice. Based on the original meaning "imperial ancestral sacrifice", now written as 禘. Later the meaning of 帝 changed to "emperor". → Depicts the calyx or sepals of a plant. Similar in origin to 不. Based on the original meaning "stem of a plant", now written as 蒂. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
    Original meaning
    imperial ancestral sacrifice → stem of a plant
    Sources

    Changed: hint, original meaning, sources

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  • edit character approved 帝 — "verify" by Peter Olson
    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". → Pictograph of firewood arranged together for a sacrifice. Based on the original meaning "imperial ancestral sacrifice", now written as 禘. Later the meaning of 帝 changed to "emperor".
    Original meaning
    firewood used as sacrifice → imperial ancestral sacrifice
    Sources

    Changed: hint, original meaning, verified, sources

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