鼎 (ding2 | ding3) : ancient bronze tripod

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鼎

ding2

ding3

[1] [n] ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs [2] [n] throne [3] [adj] big; great; important [4] [n] tripartite balance [5] [adv] during; in course of

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: (#206)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鼎

This word has been viewed 3483 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by theABC on 1st May 2007 00:33 and last edited on 28th Feb 2011 06:14

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鼎鼎大名 ding2 ding2 daai6 ming4 = be celebrated

人聲鼎沸 jan4 sing1 ding2 fai3 ren2 sheng1 ding3 fei4 = a babel of voices; a hubbub of loud voices

福鼎 fuk1 ding2 fu2 ding3 = Fuding (place in Fujian)

三足鼎 saam1 zuk1 ding2 san1 zu2 ding3 = tripod, three legs ding

革故鼎新 gaak3 gu3 ding2 san1 ge2 gu4 ding3 xin1 = discard the old in favor of the new

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Decimal representation of this word: 鼎
Unicode code for this character: U+9f0e (off-site link)

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