字じ典てん

noun

kanji dictionary; dictionary of Chinese characters

Refers specifically to a dictionary that explains kanji, their readings, meanings, and stroke order, as opposed to a general word dictionary (辞典 or 辞書).

• この字じ典てんは漢かん字じの成なり立たちも詳くわしく説せつ明めいしている。

  This kanji dictionary also explains the origins of the characters in detail.

• 小しょう学がく生せい向むけの字じ典てんを買かった。

  I bought a kanji dictionary for elementary school students.