鼎

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鼎 U+9F0E, 鼎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F0E
← 鼍
[U+9F0D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鼏 →
[U+9F0F]
⿍ U+2FCD, ⿍
KANGXI RADICAL TRIPOD
← ⿌
[U+2FCC] 		Kangxi Radicals ⿎ →
[U+2FCE]

Translingual

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Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 206 鼎

鼎 (Kangxi radical 206, 鼎+0, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Japanese, 12 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 月山女一中 (BUVML), four-corner 22221, composition ⿶𤕰目)

  1. Kangxi radical #206, ⿍.

Derived characters

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Usage notes

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  • There is regional variation in the stroke order of the character:

References

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

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 鼎
Wikipedia has articles on:
ding tripod

Glyph origin

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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
Characters in the same phonetic series (鼎) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鼎 *kleːŋʔ
薡 *teːŋʔ
濎 *teːŋʔ

Pictogram (象形) - a tripod, i.e., an ancient bronze vessel with three legs used for cooking or performing ritual sacrifices. Sometimes, it was carved with characters. Also phonetically (and perhaps semantically) borrowed to indicate "to divine" (then written as 鼑 > 貞). See also the original version of 具 and 則.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/ʔ)-di(k/ŋ) (“pot; cauldron”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • diāng - vernacular;
  • dīng - literary.
Note:
  • tiáⁿ - vernacular;
  • téng - literary.
Rime
Character 鼎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 都挺切
Baxter tengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/teŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/teŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tɛŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛjŋX/
Li
Rong 		/teŋX/
Wang
Li 		/tieŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tieŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dǐng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ding2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鼎
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		dǐng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tengX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁeŋʔ/
English cauldron

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鼎
Reading # 1/1
No. 2415
Phonetic
component 		鼎
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		頂
Old
Chinese 		/*kleːŋʔ/

Definitions

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鼎

  1. ding (ancient large, three-legged bronze cauldron for cooking or sacrificial rituals)
  2. (figurative) throne; monarchy
  3. (figurative, historical) important figures in the government
  4. (figurative) big; great
  5. (figurative) tripartite balance of forces
  6. (historical) ancient instrument of torture
  7. (literary) just (at this time); meanwhile
  8. (Min) wok
    鼎邊糊／鼎边糊 [Eastern Min]  ―  diāng-biĕng-gù / [tiaŋ³³⁻²¹ (p-)mieŋ⁵⁵ (k-)ŋu⁵³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  a kind of rice cake popular in Fuzhou area
  9. 50th hexagram of the I Ching
  10. a surname

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 鍋 (“wok; cooking pot”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 釜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鍋
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 鍋
Taiwan 鍋子, 鍋
Malaysia 鍋
Singapore 鍋
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 鍋
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 鍋
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 鍋
Wuhan 鍋 †, 䀇子, 煲
Guilin 鍋
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 鍋子, 鍋
Hefei 鍋
Cantonese Guangzhou 鑊 †, 煲 ‡, 罉
Hong Kong 鑊 †, 煲 ‡, 罉
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 鑊仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 鑊仔
Dongguan 鑊 †, 煲 ‡
Yangjiang 鑊 †, 煲
Baise 煲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鑊 †, 煲 ‡
Singapore (Guangfu) 鑊 †, 煲 ‡
Gan Nanchang 鍋 †, 鼎罐
Hakka Meixian 鑊頭 †, 鑊 †, 煲, 煲仔, 烳鑼
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 鑊頭 †
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 鑊 †
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 鑊 †
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 鑊頭 †
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 鑊仔 †
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 鑊 †, 鑊頭 †
Boluo (Bendihua) 鑊頭 †
Wuhua (Huacheng) 鑊頭 †
Heyuan (Bendihua) 炒鑊 †
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 鑊仔 †
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 鑊俅 †
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 鑊俅 †
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 鑊 †, 鑊頭 †, 鑊仔蒂 †
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 鑊 †
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 鑊 †
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 鑊頭 †
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 鑊頭 †, 鑊仔 †
Yudu 鑊頭
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鑊, 鑊頭 †
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鑊仔, 鑊頭 †
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鑊, 鑊頭 †
Hong Kong 鑊頭
Senai (Huiyang) 鑊頭
Jin Taiyuan 鍋, 銚兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鼎 †, 鍋鍋, 鍋
Southern Min Xiamen 鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
Quanzhou 鼎 †, 鍋仔
Zhangzhou 鼎 †, 鍋仔
Taipei 鼎 †, 鍋
New Taipei (Sanxia) 鼎 †, 鍋
Kaohsiung 鼎 †, 鍋
Yilan 鼎仔 †, 鍋
Changhua (Lukang) 鼎 †, 鍋
Taichung 鼎 †, 鍋
Taichung (Wuqi) 鼎 †
Tainan 鼎 †, 鼎仔 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
Taitung 鍋仔
Hsinchu 鼎 †, 鍋
Kinmen 鼎 †, 鍋
Penghu (Magong) 鼎 †, 鍋
Penang (Hokkien) 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡, 木磬 ‡
Singapore (Hokkien) 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
Manila (Hokkien) 鼎 †, 生鍋 ‡
Medan (Hokkien) 鼎 †
Chaozhou 鼎 †, 鍋
Shantou 鼎 †, 鍋
Jieyang 鼎 †, 鍋
Bangkok (Teochew) 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 鍋
Singapore (Teochew) 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
Pontianak (Teochew) 鍋
Wenchang 鼎 †
Singapore (Hainanese) 鼎 †, 鍋 ‡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 鐺 †, 煲 ‡
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 鼎
Wu Shanghai 鑊子, 鍋子
Suzhou 鑊子 †, 鍋子
Wenzhou 鑊 †, 鉛鍋兒, 鍋兒
Xiang Changsha 鍋子, 鍋
Shuangfeng 鍋子 †, 爐倉
Note † - wok; ‡ - pot

Compounds

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Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji

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鼎

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

鼎 (kanae, tei): ceremonial tripod kettle
  1. three-legged kettle
  2. trio, triad

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
鼎
かなえ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

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

Alternative forms

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  • 釜 (less common)

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Noun

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鼎(かなえ) • (kanae) ←かなへ (kanafe)?

  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
Idioms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
鼎
てい
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 鼎 (MC tengX). Compare modern Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鼎(てい) • (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
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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鼎: Hán Nôm readings: đỉnh, đảnh, đửng, đững, đựng

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