帝 (dai3 | di4) : emperor; god

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帝

dai3

di4

[1] emperor; supreme ruler
[2] god; supreme being; deified being
[3] imperial; imperialism

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 巾 (#50)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

帝

Don't confuse with:
帶

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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帝國 dai3 gwok3 di4 guo2 = empire

皇帝 wong4 dai3 huang2 di4 = emperor

帝國主義 dai3 gwok3 zyu2 ji6 di4 guo2 zhu3 yi4 = imperialism

上帝 soeng6 dai3 shang4 di4 = God

帝制 dai3 zai3 = imperialism

北帝 bak1 dai3 = Beidi (lit. "Northern Emperor")

帝王 dai3 wong4 di4 wang2 = regal

帝王企鵝 dai3 wong4 kei5 ngo4*2 di4 wang2 qi3 e2 = emperor penguin

俄羅斯帝國 ngo4 lo4 si1 dai3 gwok3 e2 luo2 si1 di4 guo2 = the Russian Empire

兒皇帝 ji4 wong4 dai3 er2 huang2 di4 = puppet emperor
See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 27 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 帝
Unicode code for this character: U+5e1d (off-site link)

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