鼎

Translingual

Stroke order

Wikipedia

Han character

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

1. sacrificial tripod
2. large, three-legged bronze cauldron

ding tripod

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鼎 (Yale ding2)

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Hakka

Hanzi

鼎 (POJ tín, tén, Guangdong tin³; tin³, ten³ [Hailu, Siyan], Hagfa Pinyim din3, den3)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

鼎 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Kan'on: てい (tei)
• Kun: かなえ (kanae)
• Nanori: かね (kane)

Etymology 1

鼎: ceremonial tripod kettle

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

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [ka̠na̠e̞]

Alternative forms

• 釜 (less common)

Noun

鼎 (hiragana かなえ, romaji 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

Idioms

• 鼎の軽重を問う (かなえのけいじゅうをとう, kanae no keijū o tou): "to ask about the weight of a kettle" ⇒ to question a person's ability
• 鼎の沸くが如し (かなえのわくがごとし, kanae no waku ga gotoshi): "just like a boiling kettle" ⇒ a metaphor for a noisy busy situation
• 鼎の中の一切れの肉}} (かなえのなかのひときれのにく, kanae no naka no hitokire no niku): "one slice of meat from in the kettle" ⇒ to get a read on the whole from a small sample
• 鼎を扛ぐ (かなえをあぐ, kanae o agu): "to lift a kettle" ⇒ to be physically strong
• 鼎を定む (かなえをさだむ, kanae o sadamu): "to settle the kettle" ⇒ to control the imperial capital, to ascend the throne

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA: [te̞ː]

Noun

鼎 (hiragana てい, romaji 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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鼎 (pinyin dǐng (ding3), Wade-Giles ting³)

Compounds

• 人声鼎沸, 人聲鼎沸

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Vietnamese

Han character

鼎 (đỉnh, đềnh, đểnh, đễnh)