Chinese

Noun

字典

1. dictionary of Chinese characters, a Han character dictionary   (Classifier: 本)

   查字典  ―  chá zìdiǎn  ―  to look up a dictionary

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Descendants

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) じてん [jìtéń] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]
• Homophones: 辞典, 事典

Noun

字典 ‎(hiragana じてん, romaji jiten)

1. dictionary of kanji; Han character dictionary

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Noun

字典 • ‎(jajeon) ‎(hangeul 자전)

1. Hanja form^? of 자전, “, a Han character dictionary”.

Vietnamese

Noun

字典 (tự điển)

1. Hán tự form of tự điển, “a Han character dictionary”