百ひゃっ科か事じ典てん

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Meanings

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noun

encyclopedia

A comprehensive reference work covering all branches of knowledge or a specific field, typically arranged alphabetically or thematically.

子こ供ども向むけの百ひゃっ科か事じ典てんを買かった。
I bought an encyclopedia for children.
この百ひゃっ科か事じ典てんは全ぜん30巻かん

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This encyclopedia consists of 30 volumes.

Written forms

百ひゃっ科か事じ典てん
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in modern Japanese.
百ひゃっ科か辞じ典てん
Alternate kanji spelling using 辞典 (dictionary) instead of 事典 (encyclopedia); less common but still encountered.

Kanji

百hundred
科department, course, section
事matter, thing, fact
典code, ceremony, law
辞resign, word, term

Similar words

辞じ典てん
辞典 is a general dictionary of words, while 百科事典 is an encyclopedia covering knowledge and concepts.
事じ典てん
事典 is a shorter form of 百科事典, often used in compound titles, but 百科事典 is the full, standard term.

Etymology

Compound of 百科 (hyakka, 'hundred subjects; all branches of knowledge') + 事典 (jiten, 'encyclopedia; reference book of facts'). The spelling 事典 was coined in Japanese to distinguish encyclopedias from 辞典 (dictionary of words).