鼎
dǐng
large, three-legged bronze caldron; Kangxi radical 206; hexagram ䷱
- Strokes
- 12
- Level
- HSK 7–9
- Frequency
- No. 2,985
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What 鼎 means
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect); to enter upon a period of (classical); Kangxi radical 206; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
Pictographic: A cauldron on its bronze tripod
Made of 目
Words with 鼎
- 大名鼎鼎dà míng dǐng dǐnggrand reputation; renowned; famous
- 问鼎wèn dǐngto aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc)
- 钟鼎文zhōng dǐng wénbell-cauldron script; the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
- 鼎力dǐng lì(honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help
- 鼎助dǐng zhù(honorific) your inestimable assistance; thanks to your help
- 鼎新dǐng xīnto innovate
- 鼎族dǐng zúrich patriarchal family; aristocracy
- 鼎沸dǐng fèia confused noise; a racket
- 鼎盛dǐng shèngthriving; flourishing
- 鼎盛期dǐng shèng qīgolden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity
- 鼎革dǐng géchange of dynasties; clear out the old, bring in the new
- 鼎食dǐng shíextravagant food