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鼎

dǐng

large, three-legged bronze cauldron

📷 Pictographic: A cauldron on its bronze tripod
HSK 12 strokes Common (24%)
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？
Radical
目
mù
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
⿶？目 i

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Component Tree i

unknown
?
Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
7 strokes
mù
目
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
📷 Pictographic: An eye drawn on its side
5 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 鼎 (40)

dǐngdǐng
鼎鼎 ↗
great / very important
dǐng
鼎 ↗
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
dǐngshèng
鼎盛 ↗
flourishing / at its peak / a golden age
dǐngfèi
鼎沸 ↗
a confused noise / a racket
jiǔdǐng
九鼎 ↗
The Nine Cauldrons, symbol of Imperial power dating back to the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BC)
rénshēngdǐngfèi
人声鼎沸 ↗
lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom) / hubbub / brouhaha
dāojùdǐnghuò
刀锯鼎镬 ↗
knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture
wèndǐng
问鼎 ↗
lit. to inquire of the tripods (idiom); fig. to plan to seize power of the whole country / grand ambitions to win
wèndǐngzhōngyuán
问鼎中原 ↗
lit. to inquire of the tripods (idiom); fig. to plan to seize power of the whole country / grand ambitions to win
wèndǐngqīngzhòng
问鼎轻重 ↗
lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
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