nài

incense tripod

Components

Sound component
nǎi then
Meaning component
dǐng, zhēn cooking pot

tripod

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnɯːʔ
nɯːs

說文解字

鼎之絕大者。从鼎乃聲。《魯詩》說:鼐,小鼎。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica