炎帝

Yándì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Yan Emperor, legendary pre-dynastic ruler of ancient China, often identified with Shennong; co-ancestor of the Chinese people with the Yellow Emperor

About Yan Emperor

Legendary ruler of ancient China honoured with the Yellow Emperor 黄帝 as an ancestor of the Chinese people, as in 炎黄子孙. He is often identified with 神农, who taught farming and herbal medicine.

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Examples

HSK 7-9

中国人常说自己是炎帝和黄帝的子孙。

Zhōngguórén cháng shuō zìjǐ shì Yándì hé Huángdì de zǐsūn.

Chinese people often say they are descendants of the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor.

HSK 7-9

传说炎帝教民众种植五谷。

Chuánshuō Yándì jiāo mínzhòng zhòngzhí wǔgǔ.

Legend says the Yan Emperor taught people to grow the five grains.

Tips

culture

炎 means 'blazing': he was said to rule by the power of fire. His youngest daughter drowned in the Eastern Sea and became the bird 精卫, which drops twigs and pebbles into it to fill it in, hence 精卫填海 for dogged resolve against impossible odds.

Stroke Order

炎 yán

帝 dì

炎帝