九鼎一言

九鼎一言 in English

jiǔ dǐng yī yán: (idiom) A word spoken by a person of great authority or prestige / a single statement can be enough to demonstrate that person’s influence and weight.

Character breakdown

九 jiǔ nine
鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped…
一 yī one
言 yán words

Stroke order

Le caractère 九 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 九

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 一 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 一

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 言 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 言

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

九

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 17 forms

鼎

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 孫吳
See all 41 forms

一

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 孫吳
See all 14 forms

言

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 13 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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