Pictograph, Oracle Bone Inscriptions-shaped, the upper part is like the left and right ears and abdomen of a tripod, and the lower part is like a tripod. Original meaning: ancient cooking utensils

1. Prevalent in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. A ritual vessel used to cook or put in a ancestral temple as a memorial ceremony. The rulers also regard it as a tripod for cooking people's instruments of torture, a treasure with three feet and two ears and five flavors. -"Shuo Wen"

2. Another example: Zhi Ding (metaphor for three parties standing side by side, such as three pillars); Ding Xuan (D); Dingfu (Dingfu, Taifu) is an ancient cooker used to reconcile five flavors. In the old days, it meant to be a metaphor for the prime minister to govern the country)

3, metaphor for the emperor. Such as: winning; Dingding Zhongyuan; Ding Jia (palace examination ranked first in the imperial examination); Ming Ding (the position of the emperor); Ye Ding (the great cause of the emperor)

4. refers to the prime minister. Such as: Tai Ding (Minister Zaifu); Chen Ding (referring to the Prime Minister).

5, Yu Sangong, Zaifu, etiquette [senior official]. Such as: Ding Fu (Sangong, Zaifu); Ding Si (the position of the three public officials).

6. refers to the country. Such as: Ding You (National Games, National Games); Dingyun (National Games).