字引

How to remember it

字 (character) + 引 (pull/look up) — a book for looking up characters.

Example sentences

• 字引で漢字を調べます。

  じびきでかんじをしらべます。

  I look up kanji in a character dictionary.

• grandfather は古い字引を持っています。

  そふはふるいじびきをもっています。

  My grandfather has an old character dictionary.

Usage

Old-fashioned; refers specifically to kanji/character dictionaries, unlike 辞書.

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