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Chinese
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carry on one's shoulder; lift overhead with both hands
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ancient bronze cauldron; throne; (Min) wok
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simp. and trad.
(扛鼎)
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扛
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鼎
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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鼎
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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dǐng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tengX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tˁeŋʔ/
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| English
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cauldron
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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扛
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鼎
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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3997
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2415
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Phonetic
component
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工
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鼎
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Rime
group
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東
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耕
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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江
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頂
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Old
Chinese
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/*kroːŋ/
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/*kleːŋʔ/
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Verb
扛鼎
- to raise a 鼎 (dǐng)
- to seize power
Adjective
扛鼎
- strong
- able to undertake heavy responsibility
Proper noun
扛鼎
- Xiang Yu