Glyph Origins

Radical ⼱ (50)

帝 (U+5E1D)

Shang
(Shi)
Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(Bin)
Shang
(He)
Late
W.Zhou
QinW.HanE.HanNanbei
(N.Wei)
Tang
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?{禘} *tˤeks “di sacrifice” ♪→ {帝} *tˤeks “highest god; emperor”

Unknown. Probably depiction of the firewood used in the di sacrifice.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (45-46)