noun

Meanings

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

Examples

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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