事典

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	canon; dictionary
simp. and trad. (事典)		事	典

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ din²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-tián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tien³
    • Yale: shr̀-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdean
    • Palladius: шидянь (šidjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɻ̩⁵¹ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 事典 視點 / 视点 試點 / 试点

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁶ din²
    • Yale: sih dín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ din²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ din²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² tiːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-tián
    • Tâi-lô: sū-tián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxdiern
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ tiɛn⁴¹/

Noun

事典

1. encyclopedia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	典
じ Grade: 3	てん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
事	典
こと Grade: 3	てん Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

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

• Homophones: 辞典, 字典

• IPA^(key): [ko̞to̞tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

事(じ)典(てん) or 事(こと)典(てん) • (jiten or kototen) 

1. (literally) subject-book, such as a terminology dictionary, flower book, animal book and encyclopedia, etc.

Usage notes

Reading of ことてん (kototen) is used for distinguishing from 辞(じ)典(てん) (jiten, “dictionary”) and 字(じ)典(てん) (jiten, “kanji character dictionary”).

Derived terms

• 百科事典(ひゃっかじてん) (hyakka jiten): encyclopedia

References

• “事典”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	典

Noun

事典 • (sajeon) (hangeul 사전)

1. hanja form^? of 사전 (“encyclopedia”)