鼎

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

Stroke order

Han character

鼎 (Kangxi 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.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/鼎
• 𠘋, 𫣨, 濎, 檙, 𤐣, 𬒤, 鐤, 𠟭, 𩕢, 薡, 𠬔, 𩆆, 䨶, 𠕪, 𧈂
• 則, 貞, via development into radical 貝

Usage notes

• 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.

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		鼎

ding tripod

Glyph origin

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) .

Etymology

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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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  ―  dǐngbiānhú  ―  a kind of rice cake popular in Fuzhou area

9. 50th hexagram of the I Ching
10. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鍋 (“wok; cooking pot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

Further reading

• “Entry #10387”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Kanji

鼎

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

鼎 (kanae, tei): ceremonial tripod kettle

1. three-legged kettle
2. trio, triad

Readings

• 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, 鼎, historical)}
• Nanori: かなえ (kanae)、かね (kane)

Compounds

Compounds

• 鼎座 (teiza, “a three-way seating arrangement with three people facing each other; to sit in such an arrangement”)
• 鼎足 (teisoku, “the legs of a tripod; a three-way opposition; a triumvirate in support of a superior”)
• 鼎峙 (teiji, “a three-way opposition; to stand in three-way opposition”)
• 鼎談 (teidan, “a three-way conversation; to have a three-way conversation”)
• 鼎部 (teibu, “that set of kanji that have the character 鼎 as the radical”)
• 鼎立 (teiritsu, “a three-way opposition; to stand in three-way opposition”)

Etymology 1

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”).

Alternative forms

• 釜 (less common)

Noun

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

• 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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鼎
てい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

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

Noun

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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