Japanese symbol for “encyclopaedia”
百科事典
ひゃっかじてん
Romaji: hyakkajiten
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
In Japanese, encyclopaedia is 百科事典, read ひゃっかじてん (hyakkajiten).
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Meanings
- n encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
Written forms: 百科事典、百科辞典. Readings: ひゃっかじてん.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “encyclopaedia”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百科 | ひゃっか hyakka | encyclopedia; encyclopaedia |
| 百科辞書 | ひゃっかじしょ hyakkajisho | encyclopedia; encyclopaedia |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百貨店 | ひゃっかてん hyakkaten | department store |
| 百姓 | ひゃくしょう hyakushou | farmer; peasant; farm laborer |
| 八百屋 | やおや yaoya | greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop |
| 百科 | ひゃっか hyakka | many objects (for study) |
| 八百長 | やおちょう yaochou | match fixing; put-up job; fixed game |
| 百戦錬磨 | ひゃくせんれんま hyakusenrenma | veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles |
| 科学 | かがく kagaku | science |
| 教科書 | きょうかしょ kyoukasho | textbook; coursebook; schoolbook |
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 古典 | こてん koten | classic (work, esp. book); the classics |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.