字典

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More information letter; symbol; characterletter; symbol; character; word, canon; dictionary ...
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
 
canon; dictionary
simp. and trad.
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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: ; )
    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

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