Huangdi

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
12/14/2019, 2:25 PM	Mike C	update #106
11/16/2019, 11:04 AM	Mike C	added

Gender Masculine

Usage Chinese Mythology

Scripts 黄帝(Chinese) 黃帝(Traditional Chinese)

Pronounced Pron. KHWANG-TEE(Chinese)

Meaning & History

From Chinese 黄 (huáng) meaning "yellow" and 帝 (dì) meaning "god, emperor". This is the Chinese name for the Yellow Emperor, a mythical ruler and deity who is said to have reigned in the 3rd millennium BC. He is regarded as the ancestor of the Chinese people.