The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
Encyclopedia
is a kanji
dictionary published for English
speakers in mind. It is an updated version of the original dictionary authored by Andrew N. Nelson, The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary. The primary change in the new version is the adoption of the traditional 214 Kangxi radicals as the dictionary's main indexing method. The dictionary also features two additional indices: the Universal Radical Index and the on-kun index.
The dictionary uses rōmaji throughout. On-yomi readings of the kanji are denoted by small caps
and kun-yomi by italics. Okurigana
are separated by parentheses.
The New Nelson contains about 7,000 entries, many of which are actually variant characters. Every character has index numbers into the Morohashi
dictionary and the Japanese JIS X 0208
standard if they exist. All characters are prioritized by their Jōyō
simplifications, however traditional forms are provided for every one. Non-standard
simplifications are not included in the variants of a character, however those characters do point to the main entry.
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
dictionary published for English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
speakers in mind. It is an updated version of the original dictionary authored by Andrew N. Nelson, The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary. The primary change in the new version is the adoption of the traditional 214 Kangxi radicals as the dictionary's main indexing method. The dictionary also features two additional indices: the Universal Radical Index and the on-kun index.
The dictionary uses rōmaji throughout. On-yomi readings of the kanji are denoted by small caps
Small caps
In typography, small capitals are uppercase characters set at the same height and weight as surrounding lowercase letters or text figures...
and kun-yomi by italics. Okurigana
Okurigana
are kana suffixes following kanji stems in Japanese written words. They serve two purposes: to inflect adjectives and verbs, and to disambiguate kanji with multiple readings...
are separated by parentheses.
The New Nelson contains about 7,000 entries, many of which are actually variant characters. Every character has index numbers into the Morohashi
Dai Kan-Wa jiten
The is a Japanese dictionary of kanji compiled by Morohashi Tetsuji. Remarkable for its comprehensiveness and size, Morohashi's dictionary contains over 50,000 character entries and 530,000 compound words...
dictionary and the Japanese JIS X 0208
JIS X 0208
JIS X 0208 is a 2-byte character set specified as a Japanese Industrial Standard, containing 6879 graphic characters suitable for writing text, place names, personal names, and so forth in the Japanese language. The official title of the current standard is...
standard if they exist. All characters are prioritized by their Jōyō
Joyo kanji
The is the guide to kanji characters announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current jōyō kanji are those on a list of 2,136 characters issued in 2010...
simplifications, however traditional forms are provided for every one. Non-standard
Asahi characters
are forms of Kanji particular to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Unlike Simplified Chinese, where simplifications apply to all characters, the general custom in Japanese publications is to print Jōyō/Jinmeiyō Kanji in simplified Shinjitai forms, and to print Hyōgaiji using their original,...
simplifications are not included in the variants of a character, however those characters do point to the main entry.