Japanese symbol for “gazetteer”

地名辞典

ちめいじてん

Romaji: chimeijiten

geographical dictionary; gazetteer

In Japanese, gazetteer is 地名辞典, read ちめいじてん (chimeijiten).

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Meanings

n geographical dictionary; gazetteer

Kanji and stroke order

地

ground, earth

on: チ、ジ

6 strokes · JLPT 3

名

name, noted, distinguished

on: メイ、ミョウ
kun: な、-な

6 strokes · JLPT 4

辞

resign, word, term

on: ジ
kun: や.める、いな.む

13 strokes · JLPT 2

典

code, ceremony, law

on: テン、デン
kun: ふみ、のり

8 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
地域	ちいき chiiki	area; region; district
地球	ちきゅう chikyuu	Earth; the globe
地方	ちほう chihou	district; region; area
地元	じもと jimoto	home area; home town
地震	じしん jishin	earthquake
土地	とち tochi	plot of land; lot; soil
名前	なまえ namae	name
有名	ゆうめい yuumei	famous; well-known
辞任	じにん jinin	resignation (from a position)
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.