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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi⁶ din²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du⁵ en²

• Gan (Wiktionary): ci⁵ dien³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-tién

  (Hailu, HRS): sii^˖ dien^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): si⁴ diên³

• Eastern Min (BUC): cê-diēng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī-tián / jī-tián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ri⁷ diang² / ri⁷ diêng²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-ti

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-tien³
    • Yale: dz̀-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhdean
    • Palladius: цзыдянь (czydjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ din²
    • Yale: jih dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² tiːn³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du⁵ en²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³² en⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ci⁵ dien³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹ tiɛn²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-tién
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii dien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ dian³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ti̯en³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^˖ dien^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³³ tien²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si⁴ diên³
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tiɛn³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cê-diēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lieŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-tián
    • Tâi-lô: lī-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixdiern
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /li⁴¹⁻²² tiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ tiɛn⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-tián
    • Tâi-lô: jī-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixdiern
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ tiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Penang): /d͡zi²¹ tiɛn⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ri⁷ diang² / ri⁷ diêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jī tiáng / jī tiéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zi¹¹ tiaŋ⁵²/, /d͡zi¹¹ tieŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zy-ti
    • MiniDict: zy^去 ti
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-ti
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² ti⁴⁴/

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

• 字典攻擊 / 字典攻击 (zìdiǎn gōngjī)
• 康熙字典 (Kāngxī Zìdiǎn)
• 活字典 (huózìdiǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (字典):

• → Japanese: 字(じ)典(てん) (jiten)
• → Korean: 자전(字典) (jajeon)
• → Vietnamese: tự điển (字典)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ
  ᡴᠣᠣᠯᡳ (hergen kooli) (calque)

See also

• 詞典／词典 (cídiǎn)

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

• (Tokyo) じてん [jìtéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

• 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. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
字	典

Noun

字典 • (jajeon) (hangeul 자전)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
字	典

Noun

字典

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