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dictionary does not need to include all the characters in a character set standard (such as

JIS X 0208:1997) in order for the inclusion of character codes (such as Row-Cell) to be

useful to its readership. In fact, I have categorized conventional Japanese kanji dictionar-

ies in the ve ways listed in Table 11-10.

Categories of conventional Japanese kanji dictionariesTable 11-10.

Coverage of JIS standards Dictionaries

None

, 󰇦

Partial JIS X 0208:1997 The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary

JIS X 0208:1997

The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary, 

Partial JIS X 0208:1997, JIS X 0212-1990

, , 

JIS X 0208:1997, JIS X 0212-1990

, 

JIS X 0208:1997, JIS X 0213:2004



JIS X 0208:1997, JIS X 0212-1990, JIS X 0213:2004



Of the dictionaries listed in Table 11-10, one deserves to be singled out because it is a

hybrid dictionary, and to this day is still unique for this reason. Dictionaries in Japan typi-

cally come in two avors. One is obviously a kanji dictionary, and it includes a main entry

for each kanji that it covers. e other is a word dictionary, and it lists words, consisting

of one or more characters, and ordered according to reading, and provides denitions.

Kodansha Kanwa Jiten ( gojūon biki kōdansha kanwa jiten),

published in 1997, mixes both types of dictionaries, and orders both ...