鼎

dǐng ㄉㄧㄥˇ

    • 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

Classifiers (measure words)

ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs

Usually

Less often

pot

Other words read dǐng

In the same tone

  • 顶 dǐng apex

ding with other tones

  • 定 dìng fix
  • 丁 dīng male adult
  • 盯 dīng watch attentively
  • 钉 dìng nail
  • 订 dìng agree

All 20 words read ding in any tone

Other words read dǐng

In the same tone

  • 頂 dǐng apex

ding with other tones

  • 定 dìng fix
  • 丁 dīng male adult
  • 盯 dīng watch attentively
  • 釘 dìng nail
  • 訂 dìng agree

All 20 words read ding in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 鼎

    部首 radical
    鼎
    笔画 strokes
    12
    结构 structure
    独体字
    Practise writing 鼎

    Trace 鼎, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Writing drills that include 鼎: HSK 7-9 vocabulary, part 86: writing drill 1 of 3.

    鼎 as a 部首

    鼎 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 4 under 鼎. Look a character up by the 鼎 radical

    Words with 鼎

    Starting with 鼎

    All 21 words starting with 鼎

    Ending with 鼎

    • 大名鼎鼎 dàmíngdǐngdǐng grand reputation
    • 九鼎 jiǔdǐng Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
    • 问鼎 wèndǐng aspire to the throne
    • 一言九鼎 yīyánjiǔdǐng words of enormous weight
    • 定鼎 dìngdǐng fix the capital

    All 7 words ending with 鼎

    Containing 鼎

    All 13 words containing 鼎

    Words with 鼎

    Starting with 鼎

    All 21 words starting with 鼎

    Ending with 鼎

    • 大名鼎鼎 dàmíngdǐngdǐng grand reputation
    • 九鼎 jiǔdǐng Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
    • 問鼎 wèndǐng aspire to the throne
    • 一言九鼎 yīyánjiǔdǐng words of enormous weight
    • 定鼎 dìngdǐng fix the capital

    All 7 words ending with 鼎

    Containing 鼎

    All 13 words containing 鼎

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