rime dictionary

English

Alternative forms

rhyme dictionary

Noun

rime dictionary (plural rime dictionaries)

A historical type of Chinese character dictionary that collates characters by rime and tone (pronunciation) rather than by radical. It does not necessarily provide definitions.

Synonyms

rime book

Hypernyms

pronouncing dictionary

Translations

Chinese dictionary

Chinese:
Mandarin: 韻書／韵书 (zh) (yùnshū)
Japanese: 韻書 (いんしょ, insho)
Korean: 운서(韻書) (unseo)

See also

rime table

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