# 字典
## Chinese
### 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): zi$^6$ din$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): du$^5$ en$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ci$^5$ dien$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-tién
    (Hailu, HRS): sii$^˖$ dien$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): si$^4$ diên$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cê-diēng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo$^5$ deng$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lī-tián / jī-tián
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ri$^7$ diang$^2$ / ri$^7$ diêng$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy-ti
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìdiǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhdiǎn
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-tien$^3$
*** Yale: dz̀-dyǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhdean
*** Palladius: цзыдянь (czydjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$ din$^2$
*** Yale: jih dín
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$ din$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$ din$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː²² tiːn³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: du$^5$ en$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tu³² en⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ci$^5$ dien$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰz̩¹¹ tiɛn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-tién
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii dien$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^4$ dian$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ti̯en³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii$^˖$ dien$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ³³ tien²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: si$^4$ diên$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tiɛn³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cê-diēng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si²⁴²⁻⁵³ $^{(t-)}$lieŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zo$^5$ deng$^3$ [Phonetic: zo$^5$ leng$^3$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceō-dêng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡so²¹ $^{(t-)}$lɛŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zo$^5$ deng$^3$ [Phonetic: zo$^5$ leng$^3$]
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵ²¹ $^{(t-)}$lɛŋ³³²/
* 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: ri$^7$ diang$^2$ / ri$^7$ diêng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jī tiáng / jī tiéng
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zi¹¹ tiaŋ⁵²/, /d͡zi¹¹ tieŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zy-ti
*** MiniDict: zy$^去$ ti
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zr-ti
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² ti⁴⁴/

### Noun

字典
* dictionary of Chinese characters; Han character dictionary (Classifier: 本; 部)
    查字典 ― chá zìdiǎn ― to look up a dictionary
* (may be proscribed) General term for dictionaries.
* (computing) dictionary (an associative array; a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key)
* (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

* → 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])
* IPA: [d͡ʑitẽ̞ɴ]
* IPA: [mo̞ʑitẽ̞ɴ]

### Noun

字(じ)典(てん) or 字(もじ)典(てん) • (jiten or mojiten)
* 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

* ↑ 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
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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)
* hanja form of 자전 (“Chinese character dictionary”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 字 | 典 |

### Noun

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