鼒

zī
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (archaic) a small-mouthed ding tripod cauldron

Examples

HSK 7-9
Bówùguǎn lǐ chénliè zhe yí jiàn gǔlǎo de qīngtóng dǐng.
The museum displays an ancient bronze ding tripod cauldron.

Tips

history
鼒 is an archaic word for a small-mouthed tripod cauldron and is not used independently today. It is built on the 鼎 'tripod' radical; you meet it only in classical texts and bronze-vessel scholarship, not in modern Chinese where 鼎 covers the meaning.
register
Archaic and antiquarian only. Use 鼎 in modern Chinese; 鼒 survives in old texts and museum catalogues.

Components

radical
鼎 dǐng
ancient tripod cauldron
The 鼎 'tripod cauldron' radical states the meaning directly: 鼒 is a particular small-mouthed kind of ding. It is the indexing radical.
phonetic
才 cái
talent; just
The 才 element on top supplies an approximate sound for the older reading of 鼒; the sound has drifted from its modern value.

No stroke data for 鼒; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

鼒 zī