Chinese edit

emperor; surname emperor
simp. and trad.
(皇帝)
anagram 帝皇
 
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Etymology edit

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 edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (5)
Final () (102) (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I IV
Fanqie
Baxter hwang tejH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong4 dai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huáng
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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12696 2313
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaːŋ/ /*teːɡs/
Notes

Noun edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (皇帝):

Others:

See also edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
てい
Grade: S
kan’on
 皇帝 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こう)(てい) (kōteiくわうてい (kwautei)?

  1. emperor (of a country other than Japan)
  2. East Asian empress regnant
    (そく)(てん)(たい)(せい)(こう)(てい)
    Sokuten Taisei Kōtei
    Great Sage Empress Zetian
  3. (tarot) the Emperor

Usage notes edit

  • (てん)(のう) (tennō) is generally used exclusively to refer to the Emperor of Japan, while (こう)(てい) (kōtei) is generally used exclusively to refer to emperors of other countries.
  • 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 edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Khitan edit

Etymology edit

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 皇帝 (MC hwang tejH).

Noun edit

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 quotation)

References edit

  • 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 edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

皇帝 (hwangje) (hangeul 황제)

  1. Hanja form? of 황제 (emperor).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

皇帝

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