Chinese symbol for “sovereign”
帝
dì
(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sovereign is 帝 (dì), defined as: (bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sovereign”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 帝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帝国 (帝國) | dì guó | empire; imperial |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sovereign”.
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.