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

Components

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

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