knife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture; fig. torture
trad. 刀鋸鼎鑊
Also written 刀鋸鼎鑊【dāo jù dǐng huò】
Characters in this word
4刀
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surname Dao
- Pinyin
- Dāo
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 1717 of 2500
锯
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variant of 鋦|锔[ju1]
- Pinyin
- jū
- Traditional
- 鋸
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 17561 of 2500
鼎
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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
- Pinyin
- dǐng
- Strokes
- 12
镬
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wok (dialect), cauldron (old)
- Pinyin
- huò
- Traditional
- 鑊
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 43434 of 2500