TSUMUGU · TOCFL 3 (est.) · 字
帝
ㄉㄧˋ · dì
noun — God on high; emperor
字源 FORM — what the parts do
帝形rendered bare — the old graph carries two tellings
The old graph carries two tellings: the calyx under a flower — the stem-cup everything grows from, the original of 蒂 — or a frame of bound wood set alight for the sacrifice to heaven. Both reach for the source: 上帝 the high god, and on earth the title taken after him, 皇帝.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
柴（帝）架好，火點起來，煙一直一直往天上去。
The wood (帝) stands bound and stacked; the fire takes; the smoke climbs straight for the sky.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)天帝、上帝— the god on high — the Shang's Di
→皇帝— emperor — the title brought down to earth常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
帶dàithe lookalike — 帶 ties a belt above the cloth 巾, sets a lid 亠蒂dìthe calyx telling's descendant — grass 艹 added back