Word Meaning 字書

じしょ jisho

字書 is read as じしょ (jisho) and means dictionary.

Meaning

English

  1. dictionary
  2. dictionary of Chinese characters
  3. kanji dictionary

Reading

Kana

じしょ

Romaji

jisho

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 19401 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

書道字典

しょどうじてん

calligraphy dictionary

活字書体

かつじしょたい

typeface

活字体で書く

かつじたいでかく

to print (on a press)

字体

じたい

form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional)

あざ

section of village

字画

じかく

strokes in a Chinese character

the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

文書

ぶんしょ

document addressed to someone

図書

としょ

books

古文書

こもんじょ

pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular

洋書

ようしょ

Western book

Example Sentences

3

Ah, so this is how you write it.

"Who wrote this?" "Miyuki did." "Huh, didn't know her handwriting was like this."

"How d'ya write 'Himari'?" "Uh, the second character in 'sun,' and then the character that goes 'man.' Y'know, like ten thousand, twenty thousand and so on. Then the 'ri' part is the 'ri' with a grass radical." "'Ri' with a grass radical?" "Yeah, with the grain stalk radical and the sword part on the right" "Oh! From Jasmine!" "Jasmine?" "Nothing. Don't worry about it."