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

Pronunciation

Noun

漢和辞典 (hiragana かんわじてん, rōmaji 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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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