| 九 |
Jiǔ Dǐng | the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty |
| 九 |
jiǔ | nine / 9 |
| 鼎 |
dǐng | ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes |