皇帝
Chinese
emperor; surname | emperor | ||
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simp. and trad. (皇帝) |
皇 | 帝 |
Etymology
First used by Qin Shi Huang (literally “First Emperor of the Qin dynasty”) as the self-proclaimed 始皇帝 (literally “First Emperor”), from 皇 (“sovereign”) + 帝 (“emperor”). The two component words were originally the titles of the gods known as the 三皇五帝 (“Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors”).
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Derived terms from 皇帝
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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皇 | 帝 |
こう Grade: 6 |
てい Grade: S |
kan’on |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 皇帝. See also 三皇五帝 (Sankō Gotei) and 始皇帝 (Shikōtei).
Khitan
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 皇帝 (MC ɦwɑŋ teiH).
Noun
皇帝
- emperor
- 1081, 《多羅里本郎君墓誌碑》 [Memorial for Lord Dorlipun]:
- 皇帝[⿱火日][⿰𤣩⿱⿻𠃊丨又]弃[⿻一⿵冂仌]囯[⿱火日][⿱干艹][⿻⿻二丨从]
- 皇帝之時於丹國之宰相
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References
- Cong, Yanshuang; Liu, Fengzhu; Chi, Jianxue (叢艷雙,劉鳳翥,池建學) (2005). 契丹大字《多羅里本郎君墓志銘》考釋 (A Textual Research and Explanation on the Inscription for Duoluoliben in Big Qidan Script). 《民族語文》 (Minority Languages of China), issue 4, page 54.
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