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辞典 (じてん): encyclopedia, reference book — Japanese vocabulary

辞典 is read じてん and means "encyclopedia, reference book". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

辞典

Reading
じてん · jiten
Translation
encyclopedia, reference book
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
じてんが

Example

分からない言葉を辞典で調べました。

わからないことばをじてんでしらべました。

I looked up words I didn't know in the dictionary.

Kanji in this word

  • 辞 — word, resign
  • 典 — code, ceremony

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