鼎

dǐng

鼎 — dǐng

1. ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; ceremonial bronze tripod

   博物馆里展出了一口商代的青铜鼎。 bówùguǎn lǐ zhǎnchū le yīkǒu shāngdài de qīngtóng dǐng — A Shang-dynasty bronze ding is on display in the museum.

2. pot; cooking vessel (regional/dialectal)

   她在鼎里煮了一大锅汤。 tā zài dǐng lǐ zhǔ le yīdà guōtāng — She cooked a big pot of soup in the ding.

3. to enter upon a period of (classical usage)

   新王鼎位后，颁布了一系列新政。 xīn wáng dǐng wèi hòu bānbù le yīxìliè xīnzhèng — After the new king ascended to the throne, he issued a series of new policies.

4. Kangxi radical 206 (the character component used in dictionaries and indexing)

   查字典时他从鼎部里找到了这个字。 cházìdiǎn shí tā cóng dǐng bùlǐ zhǎodào le zhège zì — When using the dictionary he found the character in the 'ding' radical section.

5. one of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching (Book of Changes)

   占卜时他抽到的卦是鼎卦，解释意味著稳定与隆盛。 zhānbǔ shí tā chōu dào de guà shì dǐng guà jiěshì yìwèizhù wěndìng yǔ lóngshèng — In the divination he drew the Ding hexagram, interpreted as meaning stability and prosperity.