漢和辞典

Japanese
Kanji in this term
漢 和 辞 典
かん
Grade: 3		 わ
Grade: 3		 じ
Grade: 4		 てん
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
漢和辭典 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 漢和 (“Chinese-Japanese”) +‎ 辞典 (“dictionary”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かんわじ​てん [kàńwájíꜜtèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɰᵝa̠ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

漢(かん)和(わ)辞(じ)典(てん) • (kanwajiten) 

  1. Chinese–Japanese character dictionary; dictionary of Chinese characters and character compounds with explanations in Japanese

Usage notes

漢(かん)和(わ)辞(じ)典(てん) (kanwajiten) usually contain Classical or Literary Chinese written forms with pronunciations (or “readings”) in Japanese. Dictionaries of modern Chinese with pronunciations in Mandarin are usually called 中(ちゅう)日(にち)辞(じ)書(しょ) (chūnichi jisho) or 中(ちゅう)日(にち)辞(じ)典(てん) (chūnichi jiten) instead.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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