鼎 — Chinese character
鼎
dǐng
large, three-legged bronze cauldron
- Pinyin
- dǐng
- Radical
- 206 ⿍ (Tripod)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 目
- Formation
- pictographic — A cauldron on its bronze tripod
- Japanese
- 鼎 as a kanji
Common words with 鼎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼎盛 | dǐng shèng | thriving; flourishing |
| 问鼎 (問鼎) | wèn dǐng | to aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc) |
| 大名鼎鼎 | dà míng dǐng dǐng | grand reputation; renowned |
| 鼎立 | dǐng lì | lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod; tripartite confrontation or balance of forces |
| 鼎力 | dǐng lì | (honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help |
| 三足鼎立 | sān zú dǐng lì | (idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power |
| 人声鼎沸 (人聲鼎沸) | rén shēng dǐng fèi | lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom); hubbub |
| 鼎鼎大名 | dǐng dǐng dà míng | famous; celebrated |
| 鼎新 | dǐng xīn | to innovate |
| 鼎盛时期 (鼎盛時期) | dǐng shèng shí qī | flourishing period; golden age |
| 一言九鼎 | yī yán jiǔ dǐng | one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight |
| 鼎力相助 | dǐng lì xiāng zhù | We are most grateful for your valuable assistance. |
English words written with 鼎
鼎 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 6 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.