鼎 — kanji meaning “three legged kettle”
鼎
three legged kettle
- Meanings
- three legged kettle
- On'yomi
- テイ (tei)
- Kun'yomi
- かなえ
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 206
- Chinese reading
- dǐng — Chinese character page
Words with 鼎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼎談 | ていだん teidan | tripartite talk; three-man talk |
| 鼎立 | ていりつ teiritsu | triangular position; three-cornered contest |
| 鼎立戦 | ていりつせん teiritsusen | three-way contest |
| 鼎坐 | ていざ teiza | three people sitting in a triangle |
| 鼎革 | ていかく teikaku | change of dynasty |
| 三者鼎立 | さんしゃていりつ sanshateiritsu | three parties (forces) opposing one another; three-cornered contest |
| 鐘鼎文 | しょうていぶん shouteibun | bronze-vessel and bell inscriptions |
| 三つ鼎 | みつがなえ mitsuganae | three people sitting in a triangle |
| 火風鼎 | かふうてい kafuutei | ding (hexagram 50 of the I Ching: the caldron) |
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