Chinese

Japanese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

辞典 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 辭典, hiragana じてん, romaji jiten)

1. a dictionary

Usage notes

• 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 (じしょ) ‎(jisho)) to mean “dictionary” in the English sense of “lexicon”, as well as more broadly to mean other word books such as

  類語辞典 (るいごじてん) ‎(ruigojiten): thesaurus and

  文法辞典 (ぶんぽうじてん) ‎(bunpōjiten): grammar book, among others.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• 文法辞典 (ぶんぽうじてん) ‎(bunpō jiten): grammar book
• 類語辞典 (るいごじてん) ‎(ruigo jiten): thesaurus

Related terms

See also

• Korean: 辭典 (사전, sajeon)
• Vietnamese: 辭典 (từ điển)

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