Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鼎


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Meaning pot, ancient cooking cauldron on legs

Pronunciation

dǐng

Explanation

Mnemonic


 
Picture or a cooking pot with legs. Please note that the lower parts are practically the fragments 爿 and of a vertically split tree. (爿 is often simplified to: , with the meaning: "bed").

Radicals

bedSimplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. ( is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters ,寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".
sliced woodIn characters is this radical always at the left.
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 Vocabulary

 鼎立  dǐng lì  lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod; tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
 鼎盛  dǐng shèng  flourishing; at its peak; a golden age
 鼎鼎大名  dǐng dǐng dà míng  famous; celebrated
 鼎鼎大名  dǐng dǐng dà míng  famous; celebrated
 鼎峙  dǐng zhì  a tripartite balance; compromise between three rivals
 鼎峙  dǐng zhì  


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