鼎
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
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,609 U+9F0E
How 鼎 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A cauldron on its bronze tripod
How to remember it
old cooking pot · Heisig RSH #2251
eyeball + bunk beds + 片 slice
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 鼎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三权鼎立 | sān quán dǐng lì | separation of powers |
| 鼎城区 | Dǐng chéng Qū | Dingcheng, a district of Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 三足鼎立 | sān zú dǐng lì | (idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power |
| 问鼎中原 | wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán | to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom) |
| 鼎力相助 | dǐng lì xiāng zhù | We are most grateful for your valuable assistance. |
| 一言九鼎 | yī yán jiǔ dǐng | one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight |
| 福鼎市 | Fú dǐng Shì | Fuding, a county-level city in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 鼎足之势 | dǐng zú zhī shì | competition between three rivals; tripartite confrontation |
| 鼎湖区 | Dǐng hú Qū | Dinghu, a district of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhao4 qing4 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 问鼎轻重 | wèn dǐng qīng zhòng | lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to sei… |
| 鼎盛时期 | dǐng shèng shí qī | flourishing period; golden age |
| 香火鼎盛 | xiāng huǒ dǐng shèng | (of a temple) teeming with worshippers |
| 鼎力 | dǐng lì | (honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help |
| 革故鼎新 | gé gù dǐng xīn | to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate |
| 大名鼎鼎 | dà míng dǐng dǐng | grand reputation; renowned; famous |
| 染指于鼎 | rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng | lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a… |
| 鼎鼎大名 | dǐng dǐng dà míng | famous; celebrated |
| 鼎新 | dǐng xīn | to innovate |
| 鼎城 | Dǐng chéng | see 鼎城區|鼎城区[Ding3 cheng2 Qu1] |
| 定鼎 | dìng dǐng | lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great); to fix the capital; to found a… |