Japanese symbol for “encyclopedia”
事典
じてん
Romaji: jiten
encyclopedia
In Japanese, encyclopedia is 事典, read じてん (jiten).
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Meanings
- n encyclopedia
Written forms: 事典. Readings: じてん、ことてん.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “encyclopedia”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百科全書 | ひゃっかぜんしょ hyakkazensho | encyclopedia |
| 百科事典 | ひゃっかじてん hyakkajiten | encyclopedia; encyclopaedia |
| 百科 | ひゃっか hyakka | encyclopedia; encyclopaedia |
| 大鑑 | たいかん taikan | encyclopedia |
| 百科辞書 | ひゃっかじしょ hyakkajisho | encyclopedia; encyclopaedia |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 記事 | きじ kiji | article; news story; report |
| 事業 | じぎょう jigyou | business; enterprise; venture |
| 事故 | じこ jiko | accident; incident; trouble |
| 事実 | じじつ jijitsu | fact; truth; reality |
| 古典 | こてん koten | classic (work, esp. book); the classics |
| 典型 | てんけい tenkei | type; pattern; model |
See also: Chinese symbol for “encyclopedia”.
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.