The Japanese Radical: 帝


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Meaning
emperor    帝

Explanation Stand up and cover with cloth , the emperor comes. Sometimes it is mixed with "old" to become the old emperor like at rival .

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 3
trade, business, sell
akinau, SHŌ
Var. of emperor with long coat and mouth . Better to consider a vendor behind a sales desk with some goods (cf. to sell )
A vendor at the sales desk with goods means: trade.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
suitable, fit, agree
TEKI
Left: movement , right: old emperor (combination of emperor and old )
The old emperor moves suitable and fitting.  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
enemy, rival, opponent
kataki, TEKI
Left: old emperor (var. of emperor and old ), right: strike (hand with a stick )
The old emperor strikes his enemies.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
heir, legitimate birth
CHAKU
Left: woman , right: old emperor (mélange of emperor and old )
The woman bore the old emperor a heir.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
emperor
TEI
From top: stand , cover , cloth
Stand up and cover yourself with cloth, the emperor is coming.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bind, tighten, tie, lock, fasten
shimaru/meru, TEI
Left: thread , right: emperor (Stand up and cover with cloth , the emperor comes.)
A thread connects you to the emperor as a binding.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
pluck, pick, pinch, extract
tsumu, tsumamu, TEKI
Left: hand , right: old emperor (mix of emperor and old )
The hand of the old emperor is plucking sth.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
drop, drip
shizuku, shitataru, TEKI
Left: water , right: old emperor (mix of emperor and old )
(Due to problems with the prostate gland?) Passing 'water', can be done by old emperor only drop by drop.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bystander, side, besides, vicinity, third person
katawara,
Left: person , right: var.of emperor , below: side
The person at the emperor's side is a bystander.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
resign, abandon, give up
akirameru, TEI
Left: word , right: emperor (Stand up and cover with cloth , because he comes: the emperor!)
(An emperor did not speak to the people - Exception: surrender declaration of 15.8.1945 with the renunciation of the throne) The words from the emperor are a resignation.  

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