鼎

鼎	U+9F0E, 鼎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F0E

⿍	U+2FCD, ⿍ KANGXI RADICAL TRIPOD

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Kangxi Radicals

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[U+2FCE]

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Radical 206 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)

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 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鼎

Wikipedia has articles on:

鼎 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
tiáⁿ (Southern Min)

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) - a tripod, i.e., an ancient bronze vessel with three legs used for cooking or performing ritual sacrifices. Sometimes, it was carved with characters. Also phonetically (and perhaps semantically) borrowed to indicate "to divine" (then written as 鼑 > 貞). See also the original version of 具 and 則.

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
Northern Min (KCR): děng
Eastern Min (BUC): diāng / dīng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiáⁿ / téng

(Teochew, Peng'im): dian²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tin

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ding²
  - Yale: díng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tín
  - Hakka Romanization System: din^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: din³
  - Sinological IPA: /tin³¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: děng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /teiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diāng / dīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ³³/, /tiŋ³³/

Note:

diāng - vernacular;
dīng - literary.

Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tin
  - MiniDict: tin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tin³⁴/

Middle Chinese: tengX

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
Baxter	tengX
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/
Bernhard 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 [Eastern Min] ― diāng-biĕng-gù / [tiaŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(p-)mieŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋu⁵³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― 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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鍋
	Taiwan	鍋子, 鍋
	Malaysia	鍋
	Singapore	鍋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鍋
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鍋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鍋
	Wuhan	鍋 †, 䀇子, 煲
	Guilin	鍋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鍋子, 鍋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	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
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鼎 †, 鍋仔, 鍋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鼎 †, 鍋鍋, 鍋
Southern Min	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

Japanese

Kanji

鼎

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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, 鼎, historical)}
Nanori: かなえ (kanae)、かね (kane)

Compounds

鼎革 (teikaku, “a state of transformation, especially a major politcal one”)
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

(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 tengX). Compare modern Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

Pronunciation

(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

Derived terms

鐘鼎文(しょうていぶん) (shōteibun)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: 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, đảnh, đửng, đững, đựng

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[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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