emperor

a picture of 帝 → a sacrificial altar, the emperor's exclusive domain

The original image shows a bundled sacrificial offering set upon an altar — the kind of ritual only the supreme ruler could perform. Over time, the character came to name the one who presided over such rites: the emperor himself.

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这位皇统治国家很多年。

zhè wèi huáng dì tǒng zhì guó jiā hěn duō nián。

This emperor ruled the country for many years.

古代的王拥有很大的权力。

gǔ dài de dì wáng yōng yǒu hěn dà de quán lì。

Emperors of ancient times held very great power.

Words with 帝

道光帝

dào guāng dì

Daoguang Emperor

鄂图曼帝国

è tú màn dì guó

Ottoman Empire (Tw)

隋文帝

suí wén dì

Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604

隋炀帝

suí yáng dì

Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618

顺治帝

shùn zhì dì

Fulin Emperor Shunzhi (1638-1662), second Qing emperor, reigned 1644-1662

魏文帝

wèi wén dì

Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226

黄帝

huáng dì

the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC

黄帝内经

huáng dì nèi jīng

The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC

黄帝八十一难经

huáng dì bā shí yī nàn jīng

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD

黄帝族

huáng dì zú

tribes under the Yellow Emperor

黑客帝国

hēi kè dì guó

The Matrix (1999 movie)

三官大帝

sān guān dà dì

the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)

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