字典

Chinese
 
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

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (字典):

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

Pronunciation

Noun

字典 (hiragana じてん, rōmaji jiten)

  1. dictionary of kanji; Han character dictionary

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 (“, a Han character dictionary”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
字典

Noun

字典

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