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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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

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

Pictogram (象形) .

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

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

• “Entry #10387”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

鼎 (kanae, tei): ceremonial tripod kettle

1. three-legged kettle
2. trio, triad

• 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)

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

• 釜 (less common)

• (Tokyo) かなえ [kànáé] (Heiban – [0])[3]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠e̞]

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

• 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

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

• (Tokyo) て​ー [téꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [te̞ː]

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

• 鐘鼎文(しょうていぶん) (shōteibun)

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

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

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