鼎

鼎 (radical 206, 鼎+0, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山女一中 (BUVML), four-corner 2222₁, composition ⿶𤕰目)

1. Kangxi radical #206, ⿍.

• Index:Chinese radical/鼎

• There is regional variation in the stroke order of the character:
  • In mainland China, Japan and Hong Kong, the sixth stroke is 豎折折.
  • In Taiwan, the sixth stroke is 豎折 and the seventh stroke is 豎.
  • In Japan and Hong Kong, the twelfth stroke is 橫 and the thirteenth stroke is 豎.
  • In mainland China, the twelfth stroke is 橫折, corresponding to the thirteenth stroke in Taiwan.

• KangXi: page 1525, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48315
• Dae Jaweon: page 2060, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4740, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9F0E

Historical forms of the character 鼎
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) .

鼎

1. ding (ancient large, three-legged bronze cauldron for cooking or sacrificial rituals)
2. (figuratively) throne; monarchy
3. (figuratively, historical) important figures in the government
4. (figuratively) big; great
5. (figuratively) tripartite balance of forces
6. (historical) ancient instrument of torture
7. (literary) just (at this time); meanwhile
8. (Min) wok; pot

   Synonyms: 鍋／锅 (guō)

   鼎邊糊 / 鼎边糊  ―  dǐngbiānhú  ―  a kind of rice cake popular in Fuzhou area

9. 50th hexagram of the I Ching
10. A surname​.

• “Entry #10387”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

鼎 (kanae, tei): ceremonial tripod kettle

1. three-legged kettle
2. trio, triad

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)^{←ちやう (tyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei)^{←てい (tei, historical)}
• Kun: かなえ (kanae, 鼎)^{←かなへ (kanafe, historical)}
• Nanori: かね (kane)

• 鼎談
• 鼎立

Originally a compound of 金 (kana, “metal”) +‎ 瓮 (he, “a pot or pan for holding food or beverages”).[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かなえ [kànáé] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠e̞]

• 釜 (less common)

鼎 (hiragana かなえ, rōmaji kanae, historical hiragana かなへ)

1. a three-legged kettle, a tripod kettle, used for cooking and later for ceremonial purposes in ancient China, and often made of bronze
2. a symbol of a king or other high authority

• 鼎 (かなえ)の軽重 (けいじゅう)を問 (と)う (kanae no keijū o tō): "to ask about the weight of a kettle" ⇒ to question a person's ability
• 鼎 (かなえ)の沸 (わ)くが如 (ごと)し (kanae no waku ga gotoshi): "just like a boiling kettle" ⇒ a metaphor for a noisy busy situation
• 鼎 (かなえ)の中 (なか)の一切 (ひとき)れの肉 (にく) (kanae no naka no hitokire no niku): "single slice of meat [from] in the kettle" ⇒ to get a read on the whole from a small sample
• 鼎 (かなえ)を扛 (あ)ぐ (kanae o agu): "to lift a kettle" ⇒ to be physically strong
• 鼎 (かなえ)を定 (さだ)む (kanae o sadamu): "to settle the kettle" ⇒ to control the imperial capital, to ascend the throne

From Middle Chinese 鼎 (MC teŋ^X). Compare modern Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) て​ー [téꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [te̞ː]

鼎 (hiragana てい, rōmaji tei)

1. a three-legged kettle, a tripod kettle, used for cooking and later for ceremonial purposes in ancient China, and often made of bronze
2. one of the I Ching hexagrams

鼎 • (jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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鼎 (đỉnh)

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