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帝 = 立 + 冖 + 巾

帝 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sovereign”. It is built from 立 (stand up), 冖 (cover) and 巾 (towel). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 466. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword
sovereign
RTK frame
466
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
テイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みかど
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
суверенный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
帝 supreme ruler

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 立 stand up
  2. 冖 cover
  3. 巾 towel

Alternative decomposition

  1. 亠 lid
  2. 丷 horns
  3. 冖 cover
  4. 巾 towel

Characters that contain 帝

How to find 帝 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “stand up” + “cover” + “towel”. 帝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 帝 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.