Chinese symbol for “empire”
帝国
dì guó
Traditional: 帝國
empire; imperial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for empire is 帝国 (dì guó), defined as: empire; imperial.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 帝国.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皇帝 | huáng dì | emperor; 个 (gè) |
| 帝国主义 (帝國主義) | dì guó zhǔ yì | imperialism |
| 帝王 | dì wáng | regent; monarch |
| 大帝 | dà dì | heavenly emperor; "the Great" (title) |
| 称帝 (稱帝) | chēng dì | to declare oneself emperor; to win the best actor award |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 国际 (國際) | guó jì | international |
| 全国 (全國) | quán guó | whole nation; nationwide |
See also: Japanese symbol for “empire”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.