noun, adjective · ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; a pot (dialect)

这尊青铜鼎是该博物馆的镇馆之宝。

to enter upon a period of (classical usage, often relating to dynastic change)

鼎革之际，往往伴随着社会的剧烈动荡。

noun · one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching)

他在占卜中得到了鼎卦，寓意革故鼎新。

noun · Kangxi radical 206

“鼎”字本身就是一个汉字部首。