皇帝

Chinese
emperor; surname emperor
simp. and trad.
(皇帝)		 皇 帝
anagram 帝皇

Etymology

After a series of conquests ending in 221 BC, created as a title for King Zheng of Qin, who was styled Qin Shi Huangdi (literally “the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty”). The two component characters were originally the titles of the mythological rulers or deities known as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (三皇五帝 (Sānhuáng Wǔdì)).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 皇 帝
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 唐 (102) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I IV
Fanqie 胡光切 都計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦwɑŋ/ /teiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷɑŋ/ /teiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɑŋ/ /tɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwaŋ/ /tɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuɑŋ/ /teiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuɑŋ/ /tieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣwɑŋ/ /tieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huáng dì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 wong4 dai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 皇 帝
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 huáng dì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hwang › ‹ tejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ]ʷˁaŋ/ /*tˁek-s/
English sovereign God

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 皇 帝
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12696 2313
Phonetic
component		 王 帝
Rime
group		 陽 賜
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 黃 帝
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷaːŋ/ /*teːɡs/
Notes 禮王制鄭注冕屬，
金文象羽冠，王聲；或雲象日射輝則爲暀晃初文		 甲金文象根啇非朿聲

Noun

皇帝

  1. emperor (any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender)
    輔佐皇帝／辅佐皇帝  ―  fǔzuǒ huángdì  ―  to assist an emperor
  2. (tarot) the Emperor

Synonyms
Synonyms of 皇帝

Derived terms
Derived terms from 皇帝

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (皇帝):

Others:

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
皇 帝
こう
Grade: 6		 てい
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 皇帝 (ɦwɑŋ teiH). See also 三皇五帝 (Sankō Gotei) and 始皇帝 (Shikōtei).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こーてー [kòótéé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːte̞ː]

Noun

皇(こう)帝(てい) • (kōtei) ←くわうてい (kwautei)?

  1. emperor
  2. East Asian empress regnant
    則(そく)天(てん)大(たい)聖(せい)皇(こう)帝(てい)
    Sokuten Taisei Kōtei
    Great Sage Empress Zetian
  3. (tarot) the Emperor

Usage notes
  • An East Asian empress regnant has the same title as an emperor, not specifically "empress (regnant)" like in European languages. Similarly, a queen regnant has the same title as an emperor.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Khitan

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 皇帝 (MC ɦwɑŋ teiH).

Noun

皇帝 (transliteration needed)

  1. 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
    (please add an English translation of this quote)

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.

Korean
Hanja in this term
皇帝

Noun

皇帝 • (hwangje) (hangeul 황제)

  1. Hanja form? of 황제 (“emperor”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
皇帝

Noun

皇帝

  1. chữ Hán form of hoàng đế (“emperor”).
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