Memory phrase for the character: 鼎

鼎

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Meaning

pot, ancient cooking cauldron on legs

Pronunciation

dǐng

Explanation

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

丬	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".
片	sliced wood	In characters is this radical always at the left.

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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