JPH06314293A - Electronic chinese/japanese dictionary usage retrieving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To retrieve the meaning of Japanese corresponding to a Chinese word/ phrase without requesting a user to have deep knowlege concerning the Chinese character, word and phrase by a simple operation using a general use keyboard. CONSTITUTION:A Chinese/Japanese dictionary file 12 is provided with phonetic and voice tone symbol which indicates the phonetic symbol of the Chinese word/phrase by an alphabet and indicates the voice tone symbol of the Chinese word/phrase by the number, a Chinese chracter code indicating the Chinese word/phrase and a Japanese character code indicating the meaning of the Chinese word/phrase by Japanese. A phonetic and voice tone retrieving means 5 reads the Chinese character code and a Japanese meaning Japanese character code which correspond to the phonetic and voice tone symbol inputted by an input means 6 as the Chinese word/phrase being retrieved object from the Chinese/Japanese dictionary file 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technical field for searching meanings in Japanese corresponding to Chinese words / idioms when translating Chinese into Japanese by an electronic computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Originally, a paper-binding type Sino-Japanese dictionary was used to obtain a Japanese meaning corresponding to a Chinese word / idiom given information indicating the Chinese word / idiom. It was done manually.

In order to perform the work of "obtaining the meaning of Japanese corresponding to a Chinese word / idiom" by an electronic computer system, it is first necessary to specify the Chinese word / idiom to be searched. is there.

[0004] The following has been published as a conventional technique related to the specification of such Chinese words / idioms.

In the technology related to “electronic device with Chinese search display function (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-28963)”, Japanese reading information corresponding to Chinese characters (Chinese characters) and various instructions are input. To search for Chinese characters.
That is, the Chinese character is specified by inputting the Japanese reading information.

[Chinese Input Device (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-18
No. 2164) ”, based on the concept of a successful search, a glyph pattern (a pattern that represents the glyph structure of elements that make up a Chinese character) and a successful pattern (the first written portion of an element of a Chinese character). A pattern representing a neck portion and a tail portion which is the last written portion) is input, and a Chinese character corresponding to this combination is searched. That is, Chinese characters are specified by inputting a combination of a glyph pattern and a success pattern.

A Chinese word / idiom is identified based on such a conventional "Chinese character identification" technique, and an electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary having a Japanese meaning corresponding to the Chinese word / idiom is constructed. Then, it was possible to realize an electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary-based search method (a method of searching a Japanese meaning corresponding to a Chinese word / idiom by an electronic computer system).

[0008]

When a Chinese word / idiom is specified by the above-mentioned conventional technique and an attempt is made to retrieve the meaning of Japanese corresponding to the Chinese word / idiom, the following problems occur. there were.

Since Chinese characters are specified by Japanese reading information, glyph patterns, and tail patterns,
Knowledge of Chinese characters (or Chinese words / idioms) is a prerequisite for the search. Therefore, a deep knowledge of Chinese characters, words and idioms
It will be required by the user.

Since a dedicated input device (tablet device or the like) capable of inputting a character-shaped pattern or the like is required, the search cannot be performed by an electronic computer system having only a general-purpose keyboard.

In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to express pronunciation and tone marks of Chinese words / idioms by alphabets and numbers, and specify the Chinese words / idioms to be searched by the pronunciations and tone marks. By doing so, it is possible to search the meaning of Japanese corresponding to Chinese words / idioms by a simple operation using a general-purpose keyboard without requiring the user to have deep knowledge of Chinese characters, words, and idioms. It is to provide an electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary search method.

[0012]

The electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary use search method of the present invention is a pronunciation / tone symbol in which the phonetic symbols of Chinese words / idioms are indicated by alphabets and the tone symbols of the Chinese words / idioms are indicated by numbers. And a Chinese-Japanese dictionary file having a Chinese character code indicating the Chinese word / idiom and a Japanese character code indicating the Japanese meaning of the Chinese word / idiom, and a Chinese character corresponding to the Chinese character code A Chinese character pattern file having a pattern, a Japanese character pattern file having a Japanese character pattern corresponding to a Japanese character code, an input means for receiving an input from a general-purpose keyboard, and the Chinese character pattern file The character code search means for reading each Chinese character code of and the Chinese character code read by this character code search means A pronunciation / tone assigning means for adding a pronunciation / tone symbol input by the input means and recording a Chinese character code to which the pronunciation / tone symbol is added to a Chinese file, and a headword for the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file. A word / jukugo creation means for creating a word / jukugo file based on the pronunciation / tone mark of a Chinese word / jukugo input by the input means as a kimono and the Chinese file, and this word / jukugo creation means Word /
Japanese meaning adding means for creating Japanese-Japanese dictionary file by adding Japanese meaning Japanese character code to each Chinese word / idiom pronunciation / tone symbol and Chinese character code in the phrase file, and search target Pronunciation / tone search means for reading out the Chinese character code and the Japanese meaning Japanese character code corresponding to the pronunciation / tone symbol input by the input means as the Chinese word / phrase of・ Reading a Chinese character pattern corresponding to the Chinese character code read by the tone search means from the Chinese character pattern file and corresponding to the Japanese meaning Japanese character code read by the pronunciation / tone search means The Japanese character pattern is read from the Japanese character pattern file and the Chinese character pattern and the Japanese sentence And an output means for outputting a pattern to the output device.

[0013]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary use search method of the present invention.

The search method using the electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary of this embodiment is as follows:
Character code search means 1, pronunciation / tone imparting means 2, word / idiom creating means 3, Japanese meaning imparting means 4, pronunciation / tone searching means 5, input means 6, output means 7, C
RT (Cathode Ray Tube) 8, keyboard 9 (general-purpose keyboard), Chinese file 1
0, word / jukugo file 11, and Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 1
2 (electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary) and Chinese character pattern file 1
3, a Japanese conversion file 14, a Japanese character pattern file 15, and a printer 16. The CRT 8 can be replaced with another display device such as a liquid crystal display device.

An input device is realized by including the CRT 8 and the keyboard 9 (the CRT 8 is used for confirming the input contents), and an output device is realized by including the CRT 8 and the printer 16 (the same CRT 8 is realized). It may be shared with the input device and the output device).

FIG. 2 shows a Chinese character pattern file 13
It is a figure which shows the specific example of the information in. The Chinese character pattern file 13 has a Chinese character code and a Chinese character pattern for each Chinese character.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of information in the Chinese file 10. The Chinese file 10 has pronunciation / tone symbols and Chinese character codes for each Chinese character.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a concrete example of information in the word / idiom file 11. The word / phrase file 11 is
Each Chinese word / phrase has a phonetic / tonal symbol and a Chinese character code.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of information in the Japanese conversion file 14. The Japanese conversion file 14 is
Each Japanese word / jukugo has Romaji, Hiragana, Katakana, and Japanese Kanji.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of information in the Chunichi dictionary file 12. The Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12 includes pronunciation / tone symbols, Chinese character codes, and Japanese meaning Japanese character codes for each Chinese word / idiom.
It has a Japanese word indicating the meaning of Japanese corresponding to an idiom / a Japanese character code of the idiom).

The pronunciation / tone symbols in FIGS. 2, 4 and 6 are composed of pronunciation (pinyin) symbols and tone (four-tone) symbols. In the present embodiment, and by extension, in the electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary use search method of the present invention, phonetic symbols are represented by alphabets, and tone symbols are represented by numbers. In the present embodiment, the alphabet indicating the phonetic symbols is assumed to be the alphabet generally adopted for expressing the phonetic and prosodic characters of Chinese characters. In addition, the numbers indicating the tone symbols are “first voice → 1, second voice → 2, third voice →
3, 4th voice → 4, light voice → 5 ”.

FIG. 7 shows a Japanese character pattern file 15
It is a figure which shows the specific example of the information in. The Japanese character pattern file 15 has a Japanese character code and a Japanese character pattern for each Japanese character.

FIGS. 8A to 8C are diagrams for explaining the specific operation of the pronunciation / tone search means 5.

Next, the operation of the electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary search method of this embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.

First, the electronic Chunichi dictionary (Chunichi dictionary file 1
The operation for creating 2) will be described. The Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12 is created after the Chinese file 10 and the word / idiom word file 11 are created.

First, the Chinese file 10 is created as follows.

The user uses the keyboard 9 (general-purpose keyboard) of the input device (the input device including the CRT 8 and the keyboard 9) to input the Chinese character pattern file 1
A command (hereinafter, referred to as a read command) for instructing to sequentially read the correspondence information between the Chinese character code and the Chinese character pattern in 3 is input.

The input means 6 receives the read command and sends it to the character code search means 1.

The character code retrieving means 1 reads the correspondence information between the Chinese character code and the Chinese character pattern one by one from the Chinese character pattern file 13 based on the read command. For example, the correspondence information between “Cn01Cm01” and “[fly]” in FIG. 2 is read. In this specification, "[hi]" means a simplified Chinese character (see FIG. 2) corresponding to the Japanese kanji "hi".

The output means 7 outputs the correspondence information between the Chinese character code and the Chinese character pattern read by the character code search means 1 to the output device (CRT 8 and printer 1).
6 is displayed on the CRT 8 of the output device).

The user uses the keyboard 9 for the correspondence information displayed on the CRT 8 (correspondence information between the Chinese character code and the Chinese character pattern of the Chinese character to be processed at that time). Then, pronunciation of that Chinese character
Enter the letters and numbers that represent the tones.
For example, with respect to the correspondence information between the Chinese character codes “Cn01Cm01” and “[hi]”, “fei1” which is the pronunciation and tone symbol of the Chinese character is input.

The input means 6 receives the pronunciation / tone symbols and sends them to the pronunciation / tone imparting means 2.

The pronunciation / toning means 2 attaches the pronunciation / toning symbol sent from the input means 6 to the Chinese character code of the Chinese character to be processed. For example, "C
"fei1" is added to "n01Cm01" (The Chinese character code with the pronunciation / toning symbol
Tone symbol + Chinese character code information ").

Further, the pronunciation / toning means 2 records this pronunciation / toning symbol + Chinese character code information in the Chinese file 10 (see FIG. 3).

At the same time, the output means 7 displays the contents in which the Chinese character pattern is added to the pronunciation / tone symbol + Chinese character code information on the CRT 8. For example, "fei1 C
n01Cm01 [Fly] "is displayed.

Thereafter, the same operation is repeated, and pronunciation / toning symbols are added to all the Chinese character codes registered in the Chinese character pattern file 13, and the Chinese character as shown in FIG. 3 is obtained. The word file 10 is created.

Secondly, the word / idiom file 11 is created as follows.

The user uses the keyboard 9 to input the alphabets and numbers indicating the pronunciation / tone symbols of Chinese words / idioms. This Chinese word / idiom is one of the Chinese words / idioms that should be the headword of the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12. For example, a pronunciation / tone symbol such as "fei1ji1" is input.

The input means 6 receives the pronunciation / tone symbols of the Chinese words / idioms (Chinese words / idioms to be processed) and sends them to the word / idiom preparation means 3.

While using the Chinese file 10, the word / idiom creating means 3 creates the Chinese character code of the Chinese word / idiom having the pronunciation / tone mark, and the created Chinese character code and the pronunciation. -The correspondence information with the tone marks is recorded in the word / idiom file 11 (see FIG. 4). For example,
The following processes (1) to (4) are performed with respect to the input of the pronunciation / tone symbol "fei1ji1". First, the Chinese character code “Cn01Cm01” corresponding to “fei1” is read from the Chinese file 10. Next, the Chinese character code “Cn02Cm02” corresponding to “ji1” is read from the Chinese file 10. "Fei1ji1" and "Cn01Cm01Cn02
Correspondence information with Cm02 ”is created and recorded in the word / idiom file 11.

At the same time, the output means 7 uses the Chinese character pattern file 13 to display the Chinese character pattern corresponding to the Chinese character code on the CRT 8. For example, "fei1ji1" and "Cn01Cm01Cn02"
"[Fly] desk" is displayed on the CRT 8 when the correspondence information with Cm02 "is created.

Thereafter, the same operation is repeated for all the Chinese words / idioms to be used as headwords in the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12, and the word / idiom file 11 having the contents as shown in FIG. 4 is created. It

Thirdly, the Sino-Japanese dictionary file 12 is created as follows.

The user uses the keyboard 9 to input the alphabets and numbers indicating the pronunciation and tone symbols of the Chinese words / idioms to be used as headwords in the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12. For example, "fei1ji1" is input.

The input means 6 receives the pronunciation and tone symbols and sends them to the Japanese meaning imparting means 4.

The Japanese meaning imparting means 4 uses the Chinese character code of the Chinese word / idiom corresponding to the pronunciation / tone symbol (for example, "Cn01C corresponding to" fei1ji1 ").
m01Cn02Cm02 ") word / phrase file 11
Read from.

The output means 7 uses the Chinese character pattern file 13 to display the Chinese character pattern corresponding to the Chinese character code read by the Japanese meaning imparting means 4 on the CRT 8. For example, "Cn01Cm01
"[Fly] desk" corresponding to Cn02Cm02 "is displayed.

In response to this display, the user uses the keyboard 9 to input the Japanese meaning corresponding to the Chinese word / idiom. This input is performed in the form of hiragana input or alphabet input (here, it is assumed to be performed in the form of hiragana input).

The input means 6 receives the hiragana characters (hiragana characters showing the meaning of Japanese) and sends them to the Japanese meaning giving means 4. For example, "hikou", which indicates the Japanese meaning of "[hi] desk", is sent.

The Japanese meaning imparting means 4 uses the Japanese conversion file 14 to convert the hiragana characters into kanji (if the Japanese meaning cannot be converted into kanji, this conversion is not performed. ). For example, "Hikoki" is converted to "Airplane".

Further, the Japanese meaning imparting means 4 processes the Japanese meaning after conversion into kanji (or the Japanese meaning in hiragana characters sent from the input means 6 if the kanji cannot be converted). The Japanese meaning corresponding to the Chinese word / phrase is given to the Chinese character pattern read from the word / phrase file 11. Then, the "correspondence information between pronunciation / tone symbols, Chinese character code and Japanese meaning Japanese character code" generated by this addition is recorded in the Chunichi dictionary file 12 (see FIG. 6). For example, "fe
i1ji1 ”and“ Cn01Cm01Cn02Cm02 ”
And "Kn01Km01Kn10Km10Kn11Km1
Corresponding information "1 (Japanese character code indicating" airplane ")" is recorded in the Chunichi dictionary file 12.

At the same time, the output means 7 CRs pronunciation / tone symbols, Chinese character patterns for the Chinese words / idioms to be processed, Chinese character patterns and Japanese character patterns indicating the meaning of Japanese.
Display at T8. For example, "fei1ji1 [fly] desk airplane" is displayed.

Thereafter, the same operation is repeated for all Chinese words / idioms to be used as headwords in the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12, and the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12 having the contents shown in FIG. 6 is created. It

It should be noted that the word / idiom file 11 and the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12 can be continuously created for each Chinese word / idiom to be used as a headword.

Next, the operation when searching the meaning of Japanese corresponding to a Chinese word / idiom using the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12 (electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary) will be described.

First, a description will be given of the search in the case where the tone mark of the pronunciation / tone mark of the Chinese word / id phrase to be searched is clear.

Here, the pronunciation and tone symbols are "fei1j".
An operation for searching the Japanese meaning of a Chinese word / idiom (“[hi] desk”) that is i1 ”will be described (see FIG. 8A).

The user uses the keyboard 9 of the input device to input alphabets and numbers (in this case, "fei1") that indicate the pronunciation and tone symbols of the Chinese word / id phrase to be searched.
ji1 ″) is input.

The input unit 6 receives the pronunciation / tone symbol and sends it to the pronunciation / tone search unit 5.

The pronunciation / tone search means 5 uses the Chinese character code corresponding to the pronunciation / tone symbol (here, "C" corresponding to "fei1ji1") from the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12.
n01Cm01Cn02Cm02 ”) and Japanese meaning Japanese character code (“ Kn01Km01Kn ”in this case)
10Km10Kn11Km11 ″) is read.

The output means 7 reads the Chinese character pattern corresponding to the Chinese character code using the Chinese character pattern file 13, and uses the Japanese character pattern file 15 to read the Japanese meaning Japanese characters. Read the Japanese character pattern corresponding to the code and output the CR
The Chinese character pattern and the Japanese character pattern are displayed at T8, and the Chinese character pattern and the Japanese character pattern are printed on the printer 16 of the output device. Here, “[Fly] desk” and “airplane” are displayed on the CRT 8 and printed on the printer 16.

The output means 7 can selectively process whether or not to print on the printer 16. That is, the present invention can be realized even if the output device is composed of only the CRT 8 (display device).

Secondly, a description will be given of the search when the tone symbol in the pronunciation / tone symbol of the Chinese word / id phrase to be searched is unclear. Even if the search in such a case cannot be performed, the invention according to claim 1 can be realized (the invention capable of performing such a search corresponds to the invention according to claim 2). Applicable).

Also in this case, as in the case of FIG. 8A, it is assumed that the Chinese word / idiom to be searched is "[" hibiki] "(see FIGS. 8B and 8C). .

The user uses the keyboard 9 to input the alphabet indicating the phonetic symbol of the Chinese word / id phrase to be searched (the tone symbol is not input). here,
Enter "feiji".

The input means 6 receives the phonetic symbol and sends it to the pronunciation / tone search means 5.

The pronunciation / tone search means 5 divides the pronunciation symbol into Chinese character units, and supplements the phonetic symbols corresponding to each Chinese character with the numbers 1 to 5 indicating the tone symbol, so that the search object is searched. Create pronunciation / tone symbols (hereinafter referred to as supplementary pronunciation / tone symbols) that are candidates for the Chinese words / idioms of. Here, "fei1ji1", "fei1ji1"
2 ”,“ fei1ji3 ”,“ fei1ji4 ”,“ f
ei1ji5 "," fei2ji1 "," fei2ji "
2 "," fei2ji3 "," fei2ji4 "," f
ei2ji5 "," fei3ji1 "," fei3ji "
2 ”,“ fei3ji3 ”,“ fei3ji4 ”,“ f
ei3ji5 ”,“ fei4ji1 ”,“ fei4ji ”
2 ”,“ fei4ji3 ”,“ fei4ji4 ”,“ f
ei4ji5 ”,“ fei5ji1 ”,“ fei5ji ”
The supplementary pronunciation / tone symbols of "2", "fei5ji3", "fei5ji4" and "fei5ji5" are created.

Next, the pronunciation / toning retrieval means 5 uses the supplementary pronunciation / toning symbols (here, "f
A search is performed on the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12 by the supplemental pronunciation / tone symbol "eixjiy (x and y are any positive integers from 1 to 5)". In this search, "the corresponding pronunciation / tone symbol exists." There are three possible cases: "no", "one corresponding phonetic / tonal symbol exists", and "multiple corresponding phonetic / tonal symbols". In the following, the processing of the pronunciation / tone search means 5 in each case (the processing of identifying the true Chinese word / idiom to be searched) will be described.

When the corresponding phonetic / tonal symbol does not exist

In this case, the fact is displayed on the CRT 8 via the output means 7.

When there is one corresponding phonetic / tonal symbol (see FIG. 8B)

In this case, only one Chinese word / is searched by phonetic symbol search (search in which tone symbol part is skipped).
Idioms can be specified. Therefore, using the Chinese character pattern file 13 and the Japanese character pattern file 15, the Chinese word /
Chinese character patterns corresponding to idioms and their Chinese words /
A Japanese character pattern indicating the Japanese meaning of the phrase is output to the output device.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, when only one of the supplementary pronunciation / tone symbols "feixjiy" registered in the Chunichi dictionary file 12 is "fei1ji1", The "fei1ji1" is recognized as the pronunciation / tone symbol of "the Chinese word / jukugo to be searched" and the "fei1ji" of the pronunciation / tone symbol is recognized.
Outputs (displays and prints) the Chinese character pattern and Japanese character pattern corresponding to "1" and "airplane" to the CRT 8 and the printer 16 (however, printing to the printer 16 is optional). Processing).

When there are a plurality of corresponding phonetic / tonal symbols (see FIG. 8C)

In this case, the Chinese character pattern file 13 is used, and the corresponding pronunciation / sound is output through the output means 7.
A screen (selection screen) having Chinese character patterns corresponding to a plurality of Chinese words / idioms specified by tone marks
Is displayed on the CRT 8. This display allows the user to select which Chinese word / idiom is the true search target.

Further, the Chinese word / idiom to be searched is specified based on the user's selection, and the Chinese character code and the Japanese meaning Japanese character code corresponding to the pronunciation / tone symbol of the Chinese word / idiom Is read from the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file 12, and the Chinese character pattern file 13 and the Japanese character pattern file 15 are used to correspond to the Chinese character pattern corresponding to the Chinese character code and the Japanese meaning Japanese character code. The Japanese character pattern and is output to the output device.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8C, among the supplementary pronunciation / tone symbols "feixjiy", those registered in the Chunichi dictionary file 12 are "fei1ji1" and "f".
ii2ji3 ”, if there are two,“ 1.
[Fly] desk "and" 2. A selection screen having the content of "Family" is displayed on the CRT 8 to prompt the user to select. Furthermore, when the user selects "1" on this display,
"[Fly] desk" and "airplane" are output (displayed and printed) to the CRT 8 and the printer 16 (however, printing to the printer 16 is a selective process).

[0079]

As described above, the present invention corresponds to Chinese words / idioms by using the electronic Chunichi dictionary that identifies the Chinese words / idioms by the pronunciation and tone symbols composed of alphabets and numbers. By searching for meanings in Japanese, you can respond to Chinese words / idioms by a simple operation using a general-purpose keyboard without requiring the user to have deep knowledge of Chinese characters, words, and idioms. It has an effect that the meaning of Japanese can be searched.

As a result, it becomes possible to promote the replacement of the search using the paper-binding type Chunichi dictionary with the search using the electronic computer system (search using the electronic Chunichi dictionary). The advantages of such replacement include the following.

Electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary (Chinese-Japanese dictionary file),
The Chinese character pattern file and the Japanese character pattern file are IC (Integrated Circuit).
t) card (for example, RAM (Random Access)
ss Memory card and ROM (Read On)
The contents of a conventional large-sized paper binding type Sino-Japanese dictionary can be easily ported to an electronic notebook etc. by copying to a (ly Memory) card, etc., providing a compact and portable Sino-Japanese dictionary. be able to.

After creating the electronic Chunichi dictionary once,
Editing such as revisions, changes and additions can be performed easily.

In the paper binding type Sino-Japanese dictionary, there was a limitation in the number of vocabularies due to the physical size, etc.
The electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary eliminates such restrictions.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary use search method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of information in a Chinese character pattern file in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of information in a Chinese file in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of information in a word / idiom file in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing a specific example of information in the Japanese conversion file in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing a specific example of information in a Sino-Japanese dictionary file in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of information in the Japanese character pattern file in FIG.

8 is a diagram for explaining a specific operation of the pronunciation / tone search means in FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Character code search means 2 Pronunciation / tone addition means 3 Word / idiom creation means 4 Japanese meaning assignment means 5 Pronunciation / tone search means 6 Input means 7 Output means 8 CRT 9 Keyboard 10 Chinese file 11 Word / idiom word file 12 Japanese dictionary file 13 Chinese character pattern file 14 Japanese conversion file 15 Japanese character pattern file 16 Printer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pronunciation / tone symbol indicating a phonetic symbol of a Chinese word / idiom in alphabets and a tone symbol of the Chinese word / idiom in numbers, and a Chinese character code indicating the Chinese word / idiom. A Chinese-Japanese dictionary file having a Japanese character code indicating the Japanese meaning of the Chinese word / jukugo, a Chinese character pattern file having a Chinese character pattern corresponding to the Chinese character code, and a Japanese character code A Japanese character pattern file having a Japanese character pattern corresponding to, a input means for receiving input from a general-purpose keyboard, a character code search means for reading out each Chinese character code in the Chinese character pattern file, Pronunciation / tone recording entered by the input means for the Chinese character code read by the character code search means And a pronunciation / tone imparting means for recording a Chinese character code to which a pronunciation / toning symbol is imparted in a Chinese file, and the Chinese input by the input means as the headword of the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file. A word / jukugo creation means for creating a word / jukugo file based on the pronunciation / toning symbol of the word / jukugo and the Chinese file, and each Chinese in the word / jukugo file created by this word / jukugo creation means Japanese word meaning / meaning assigning means for creating Japanese / Japanese dictionary code by adding Japanese meaning Japanese character code to pronunciation / toning symbol and Chinese character code of Chinese word, Chinese word to be searched / The Chinese character code and the Japanese meaning Japanese character code corresponding to the pronunciation and tone symbols input by the input means as the idiom are the above-mentioned Chinese-Japanese dictionary file. From the Chinese character pattern file, which is read by the pronunciation / tone search unit, and the Chinese character pattern corresponding to the Chinese character code read by the pronunciation / tone search unit. The Japanese character pattern corresponding to the specified Japanese meaning Japanese character code is read from the Japanese character pattern file, and the output unit outputs the Chinese character pattern and the Japanese character pattern to an output device. A featured electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary search method. 2. A tone symbol is added to the input phonetic symbol when there is no number indicating the tone symbol in the phonetic / tone symbols of the Chinese word / id phrase to be searched that is input by the input means. Replenish and create supplementary pronunciation and tone symbols,
7. The pronunciation / toning search means for performing a search for the Chinese-Japanese dictionary file by the supplemental pronunciation / toning symbol and specifying a Chinese word / idiom to be truly searched based on the search. The electronic Chinese-Japanese dictionary use search method described in 1.