鼎
Character
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs
- Radical
- 鼎 (itself)
- Strokes
- 12
- Structure
- Surrounds from below
- Parts
- 目
- Traditional
- 鼎
- Frequency
- #2298 most common character
Meaning
dǐng
ding3- ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs CC-CEDICT
- pot (dialect) CC-CEDICT
- to enter upon a period of (classical) CC-CEDICT
- Kangxi radical 206 CC-CEDICT
- one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes CC-CEDICT
Stroke order
All 12 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 鼎
Draw “鼎” here — the faint guide shows its shape.
Example sentences
这个鼎有三条腿。
zhè ge dǐng yǒu sān tiáo tuǐ
This ding has three legs.
AI-generated sentence
博物馆里有一个大鼎。
bó wù guǎn lǐ yǒu yí ge dà dǐng
There is a big ding in the museum.
AI-generated sentence
古时候的人用鼎做饭。
gǔ shí hou de rén yòng dǐng zuò fàn
A long time ago, people used a ding to cook food.
AI-generated sentence
Words with 鼎
See all 43 →鼎力dǐng lì(honorific) your kind effortsWord鼎助dǐng zhù(honorific) your inestimable assistanceWord鼎峙dǐng zhì(literary) to form a tripartite confrontationWord鼎新dǐng xīnto innovateWord鼎族dǐng zúrich patriarchal familyWord鼎沸dǐng fèia confused noiseWord鼎盛dǐng shèngthrivingWord鼎立dǐng lìlit. to stand like the three legs of a tripodWord鼎足dǐng zúlit. the three legs of a tripodWord鼎革dǐng géchange of dynastiesWord