字典

Chinese
 
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
 canon; dictionary
simp. and trad.
(字典)		 字 典

Etymology

First used in the name of the Kangxi Dictionary (康熙字典).

Pronunciation

Noun

字典

  1. dictionary of Chinese characters; Han character dictionary (Classifier: 本; 部)
    查字典  ―  chá zìdiǎn  ―  to look up a dictionary
  2. (may be proscribed) General term for dictionaries.
  3. (computing) dictionary (an associative array; a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key)
  4. (computing) dictionary (a set of text strings such as passwords)
    字典攻擊／字典攻击  ―  zìdiǎn gōngjī  ―  dictionary attack

Usage notes

When used to refer to a Chinese dictionary, a 字典 (zìdiǎn) might only include definitions for Chinese characters, while a 詞典／词典 (cídiǎn) will include definitions of multi-character words as well.

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (字典):

Others:

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
字 典
じ
Grade: 1		 てん
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
字 典
もじ
Grade: 1		 てん
Grade: 4
irregular on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

字(じ)典(てん) or 字(もじ)典(てん) • (jiten or mojiten) 

  1. dictionary of kanji; Han character dictionary

Usage notes

The reading もじてん (mojiten) is used for distinguishing from 辞(じ)典(てん) (jiten, “dictionary”) and 事(じ)典(てん) (jiten, “encyclopedia”).

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
字典

Noun

字典 • (jajeon) (hangeul 자전)

  1. Hanja form? of 자전 (“Chinese character dictionary”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
字典

Noun

字典

  1. chữ Hán form of tự điển (“a Han character dictionary”).
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