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)

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: 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

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).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǐng (ding³)
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tín
Min Bei (KCR): děng
Min Dong (BUC): diāng / dīng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tiáⁿ / téng
(Teochew, Peng'im): dian²
Wu (Wiktionary): tin (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ting³
  - Yale: dǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diing
  - Palladius: дин (din)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding²
  - Yale: díng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tín
  - Hakka Romanization System: din`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: din³
  - Sinological IPA: /tin³¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: děng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /teiŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diāng / dīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³³/, /tiŋ³³/

Note:

diāng - vernacular;
dīng - literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiáⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tiánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dviar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /tiã⁴²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tiã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiã⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng
  - Tâi-lô: tíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: deang
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tiɪŋ⁵³/

Note:

tiáⁿ - vernacular;
téng - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dian²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiáⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã⁵²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tin (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪɲ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: /teŋ^X/

Rime
Character	鼎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都挺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/teŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjŋ^X/
Li Rong	/teŋ^X/
Wang Li	/tieŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤeŋʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*kleːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鼎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ teng^X ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁeŋʔ/
English	cauldron
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鼎
Reading #	1/1
No.	2415
Phonetic component	鼎
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	頂
Old Chinese	/*kleːŋʔ/

Definitions

鼎

ding (ancient large, three-legged bronze cauldron for cooking or sacrificial rituals)
(figurative) throne; monarchy
(figurative, historical) important figures in the government
(figurative) big; great
(figurative) tripartite balance of forces
(historical) ancient instrument of torture
(literary) just (at this time); meanwhile
(Min) wok
鼎邊糊／鼎边糊 ― dǐngbiānhú ― a kind of rice cake popular in Fuzhou area
50th hexagram of the I Ching
a surname

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		釜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鍋
Mandarin	Beijing	鍋
	Taiwan	鍋子, 鍋
	Jinan	鍋
	Xi'an	鍋
	Wuhan	鍋 †, 䀇子, 煲
	Chengdu	鍋
	Guilin	鍋
	Yangzhou	鍋子, 鍋
	Hefei	鍋
	Malaysia	鍋
	Singapore	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
Min Bei	Jian'ou	鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
Min Dong	Fuzhou	鼎 †, 鍋鍋, 鍋
Min Nan	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	鍋子 †, 爐倉
Note	† - wok; ‡ - pot

Compounds

Derived terms from 鼎

一代鼎臣
一言九鼎 (yīyánjiǔdǐng)
三分鼎立
三分鼎足
三牲五鼎
三足鼎立 (sānzúdǐnglì)
三鼎甲
丹鼎
九鼎 (jiǔdǐng)
刑鼎
列鼎
列鼎而食
列鼎重裀
四海鼎沸
夏鼎
大名鼎鼎 (dàmíngdǐngdǐng)
大烹五鼎
天下鼎沸
定鼎
庖鼎
扛鼎 (gāngdǐng)
扛鼎士
扛鼎拔山
拔山扛鼎
方鼎
春秋鼎盛 (chūnqiūdǐngshèng)
曶鼎
槐鼎
毛公鼎
沸鼎
瓦棺篆鼎
移鼎
笙歌鼎沸
茶鼎
覆鼎
郜鼎
重裀列鼎
革故鼎新
香火鼎盛
鼎位
鼎俎
鼎元
鼎元之分
鼎力 (dǐnglì)

鼎力玉成 (dǐnglìyùchéng)
鼎力相助 (dǐnglìxiāngzhù)
鼎命
鼎峙 (dǐngzhì)
鼎席
鼎彝
鼎折足 (dǐngzhézú)
鼎新 (dǐngxīn)
鼎新革故
鼎族
鼎棋
鼎沸 (dǐngfèi)
鼎湖 (dǐnghú)
鼎甲
鼎盛 (dǐngshèng)
鼎祚
鼎立 (dǐnglì)
鼎臣
鼎足 (dǐngzú)
鼎足三分
鼎足而立
鼎革 (dǐnggé)
鼎食 (dǐngshí)
鼎鼎 (dǐngdǐng)
鼎鼎大名 (dǐngdǐngdàmíng)
鼎鼎有名
鼎鼐 (dǐngnài)
鼎鼐臣
九鼎大呂／九鼎大吕
人聲鼎沸／人声鼎沸 (rénshēngdǐngfèi)
刀鋸鼎鑊／刀锯鼎镬
功銘鼎彝／功铭鼎彝
問鼎／问鼎 (wèndǐng)
嘗鼎一臠／尝鼎一脔
定鼎訏謨／定鼎𬣙谟
寶鼎／宝鼎
寶鼎勛章／宝鼎勋章
幕燕鼎魚／幕燕鼎鱼
折鼎覆餗／折鼎覆𫗧
拔山舉鼎／拔山举鼎
擊鐘陳鼎／击钟陈鼎
擊鐘鼎食／击钟鼎食
易順鼎／易顺鼎
晉鑄刑鼎／晋铸刑鼎

染指於鼎／染指于鼎
楚莊問鼎／楚庄问鼎
湯鼎／汤鼎
潛圖問鼎／潜图问鼎
烹飪鼎鼐／烹饪鼎鼐
牛鼎烹雞／牛鼎烹鸡 (niúdǐngpēngjī)
立鼎安爐／立鼎安炉
筆力扛鼎／笔力扛鼎
舉鼎拔山／举鼎拔山
舉鼎絕臏／举鼎绝膑
舉鼎觀畫／举鼎观画
藍蔭鼎／蓝荫鼎
觀鼎／观鼎
調和鼎鼐／调和鼎鼐
調鼎／调鼎
讒鼎／谗鼎
負鼎／负鼎
負鼎之願／负鼎之愿
贗鼎／赝鼎
身膏鼎鑊／身膏鼎镬
遷鼎／迁鼎
金鼎獎／金鼎奖
鐘鳴鼎食／钟鸣鼎食 (zhōngmíngdǐngshí)
鐘鼎／钟鼎
鐘鼎之家／钟鼎之家
鐘鼎文／钟鼎文 (zhōngdǐngwén)
鐘鼎款識／钟鼎款识
鐘鼎高門／钟鼎高门
鑄鼎象物／铸鼎象物
陳鼎擊鐘／陈鼎击钟
革舊鼎新／革旧鼎新
鳴鐘列鼎／鸣钟列鼎
鼎沸不絕／鼎沸不绝
鼎蓋／鼎盖 (tiáⁿ-kòa) (Min Nan)
鼎足之勢／鼎足之势 (dǐngzú zhī shì)
鼎輔／鼎辅
鼎邊糊／鼎边糊 (dǐngbiānhú)
鼎邊銼／鼎边锉
鼎鍾／鼎钟
鼎鑊／鼎镬
鼎鑊刀鋸／鼎镬刀锯
鼎食鳴鐘／鼎食鸣钟
鼎鼐調和／鼎鼐调和
龜鼎／龟鼎

Japanese

Kanji

鼎

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

鼎 (kanae, tei): ceremonial tripod kettle

three-legged kettle
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, historical)}
Nanori: かなえ (kanae); かね (kane)

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”).[1][2]

Alternative forms

釜 (less common)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

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

Noun

鼎(かなえ) • (kanae) ^{←かなへ (kanafe)^?}

a three-legged kettle, a tripod kettle, used for cooking and later for ceremonial purposes in ancient China, and often made of bronze
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 teŋ^X). Compare modern Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) てー [téꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [te̞ː]

Noun

鼎(てい) • (tei)

a three-legged kettle, a tripod kettle, used for cooking and later for ceremonial purposes in ancient China, and often made of bronze
one of the I Ching hexagrams

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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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[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

鼎

Translingual

Han character

Derived characters

Usage notes

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

Compounds

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Idioms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Korean

Hanja

Vietnamese

Han character