Unicode: U+5E1D

Pinyin: dì

Definition

* 宗教徒或神话中称宇宙的创造者和主宰者。 上~。玉皇大~。 * 君主。 ~王。皇~。称~。~制

supreme ruler, emperor; god

Structure

帝 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
41_E06F41_E07041_E07141_E07241_E07341_E07441_E07541_E07641_E07741_E07841_E07941_E07A41_E07B41_E07C41_E07D41_E07E41_E07F41_E08041_E08141_E08241_E08341_E08441_E08541_E08641_E08741_E088
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
31_E08C31_E08531_E08E31_E08D31_E08631_E08731_E08831_E08931_E08A31_E08B31_E08F
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
51_E16351_E16451_E16551_E16651_E16255_E13155_E13555_E13355_E13655_E13A55_E13255_E13755_E13955_E13855_E134
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_5E1D27_E001
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
91_E06191_E06391_E06491_E06591_E06691_E06791_E06B91_E06C91_E06D91_E06E91_E06291_E06891_E06991_E06F91_E06A
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
81_E07781_E07881_E07A81_E07981_E07D81_E07C81_E07B81_E07E81_E07F81_E08081_E08181_E08281_E08381_E08481_E08581_E08681_E08781_E08881_E08981_E08A81_E08B81_E08C

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC