Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鼎
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鼎 |
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Meaning |
pot, ancient cooking cauldron on legs |
Pronunciation |
dǐng |
Explanation |
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Mnemonic
| Picture or a cooking pot 目 with legs. Please note that the lower parts are practically the fragments 爿 and 片 of a vertically split tree. (爿 is often simplified to: 丬, with the meaning: "bed"). |
Radicals
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丬
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bed | (Simplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. (片 is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters 寐, 寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".) |
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片
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sliced wood | (In characters is this radical always at the left.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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 |
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