帝 — sovereign, the emperor, god

てい帝 sovereign

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+5E1D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1276 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #466 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

sovereign
the emperor
god
creator

word

てい tei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

帝(てい) tei emperor 帝(てい) 国(こく) teikoku empire 皇(こう) 帝(てい) koutei emperor

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亠 lid

冖 cover

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Used as component in (2)

しめ締 tighten あきらめる諦 truth

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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