鼎
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
dǐng ding3
- 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
Example sentences
HSK words with 鼎
More words with 鼎
- 鼎力 dǐnglì (honorific) your kind efforts
- 鼎新 dǐngxīn to innovate
- 定鼎 dìngdǐng lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great)
- 鼎族 dǐngzú rich patriarchal family
- 鼎食 dǐngshí extravagant food
- 鼎立 dǐnglì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod
- 鼎足 dǐngzú lit. the three legs of a tripod
- 问鼎 wèndǐng to aspire to the throne
- 鼎助 dǐngzhù (honorific) your inestimable assistance
- 鼎革 dǐnggé change of dynasties
- 鼎盛 dǐngshèng thriving