Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Amazing Chinese Characters (375) Ancient Tripod - 鼎

The shell bone of character Ancient Tripod is


Which is a big ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles and three or four legs. It is difficult to make, so only Kings had this kind vessel for cooking. However, the kings made some very big tripods not for cooking but showing their power. They were put inside the palace near the chair of the King.


Because the ordinary people couldn't be able to make the big metal tripod.

The bronze script of the character is


Similar to shell bone script but the two ears are touched.

The big seal script of the character is


Similar to the older scripts except the two ears are connected.

The small seal script of the character is
Similar to older scripts but no ears.

The clerical script of the character is
Similar to small seal script.

The song typeface of the character is
Its Pinyin is Ding3.


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