Shuowen component 250: 鼎
About this component
Component: 鼎
Seal font (Chongxi): 鼎
Mandarin: dǐng
Sino-Vietnamese: đỉnh
Japanese: テイ (tei) ; チョウ (chou) ; かなえ (kanae) ; まさに (masani)
Korean: CENG / 정
Unihan definition: large, three-legged bronze caldron; Kangxi radical 206; hexagram ䷱
Variants: 㫀 , 𣂨 , 𣃊 , 𥅀 , 𥇴 , 𪔂
Shuowen entry
三足兩耳，和五味之寶器也。昔禹收九牧之金，鑄鼎荊山之下，入山林川澤，螭魅蝄蜽，莫能逢之，以協承天休。《易》卦：巽木於下者爲鼎，象析木以炊也。籒文以鼎爲貞字。凡鼎之屬皆从鼎。