帝喾

帝嚳
Dìkù
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Emperor Ku, one of the legendary Five Emperors

Examples

HSK 5
Dìkù shì chuánshuō zhōng de Wǔdì zhīyī.
Emperor Ku is one of the legendary Five Emperors.
HSK 7-9
Chuánshuō Dìkù shì Huángdì de zēngsūn, yě shì Yáo de fùqīn.
Legend has it that Emperor Ku was the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the father of Yao.

Tips

usage
帝 is a title, 'emperor', put before the name; 尧 and 舜 are called Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun in the same way. He is also known as 高辛氏, after 高辛, the land he first ruled.
culture
In the 《史记》 his sons by different wives founded later lines: 尧; 契, ancestor of the Shang kings; and 后稷, ancestor of the Zhou.

Stroke Order

帝 dì
喾 kù