The story of 鼎

cauldron, tripod

鼎 depicts an ancient Chinese cooking cauldron with rounded body, two looped handles and three or four legs.

Vocabulary of 鼎

  • 九鼎 (the Nine Tripod Cauldrons
  • symbol of state power)
  • 鼎立 (to stand like the three legs of a tripod
  • means balance of force)

Classification

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