U+9F0E "鼎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鼎
U+9F0E "鼎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character representing a ding, an ancient ritual bronze vessel with three legs and two handles, used in China for cooking, food storage, and ceremonial offerings. Historically, the ding became a symbol of state power and legitimacy, often associated with the ruling dynasty's mandate, as exemplified by the legendary Nine Tripod Cauldrons. In modern usage, the character appears in Chinese vocabulary to denote items like a tripod or cauldron, and it also carries figurative meanings such as "tripartite balance" or "established authority," frequently appearing in compound words related to stability and prestige.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9F0E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 鼎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鼎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBC 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9F0E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009F0E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9f0e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B9A9 |
| kCCCII | 216274 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-676F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-676F |
| kCangjie | BUVML |
| kCantonese | ding2 |
| kCihaiT | 1565.604 |
| kCowles | 4170 |
| kDaeJaweon | 2060.200 |
| kDefinition | large, three-legged bronze caldron; Kangxi radical 206; hexagram ䷱ |
| kEACC | 216274 |
| kFanqie | 都挺 |
| kFenn | 164G |
| kFennIndex | 526.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2222.1 |
| kGB0 | 2206 |
| kGB1 | 2206 |
| kGSR | 0834a |
| kHangul | 정:0N |
| kHanYu | 74740.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74740.010:dǐng,zhēn |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⿍[U+2FCD]:74740.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 4737 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 2060.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74740.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1525.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3626 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B9A9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4524 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E8EF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7023 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-676F |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6D32 |
| kJapanese | テイ チョウ かなえ まさに |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2617 |
| kJapaneseKun | KANAE MASANI |
| kJapaneseOn | TEI |
| kJis0 | 3704 |
| kKangXi | 1525.080 |
| kKorean | CENG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7844 |
| kMandarin | dǐng |
| kMatthews | 6392 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3097 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ029975 |
| kMorohashi | 48315 |
| kNelson | 5414 |
| kPhonetic | 1341 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3102+206.13.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 206.0 |
| kSBGY | 319.40 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+2A502<kFenn |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 828.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | dǐng粵ding2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7844 |
| kTang | *děng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 077.060:dǐng |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | đỉnh |
| kXerox | 262:261 |
| kXHC1983 | 0254.010:dǐng |