辞典
See also: 辭典
ChineseEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of 辞典 – see 詞典 (“dictionary”). (This term, 辞典, is the simplified form of 辭典, which is in turn a variant form of 詞典.) |
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JapaneseEdit
Kanji in this term | |
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辞 | 典 |
じ Grade: 4 |
てん Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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辭典 (kyūjitai) |
Kanji in this term | |
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辞 | 典 |
ことば Grade: 4 |
てん Grade: 4 |
yutōyomi |
Alternative spelling |
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辭典 (kyūjitai) |
PronunciationEdit
- Homophones: 字典, 事典
NounEdit
辞典 or 辞典 • (jiten or kotobaten)
Usage notesEdit
- Japanese has a number of words that are translated in English as “dictionary”; see Japanese dictionary at Wikipedia.
- 辞典 is used (along with 辞書 (jisho)) to mean “dictionary” in the English sense of “lexicon”, as well as more broadly to mean other word books such as
The reading ことばてん (kotobaten) is used for distinguishing from 事典 (jiten, “encyclopaedia”) and 字典 (jiten, “kanji character dictionary”).