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Canon
C30
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
13,112 characters
75,000
–
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
1000 total
Yes
Yes
 
120 x 75 x 21mm
166g
35,000
Canon
C50
 
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
13,112 characters
250,000
16,000
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
120 x 75 x 21mm
228g
35,000
Canon
G50
 
 
270,000
190,000
–
–
13,112 characters
230,000
52,500
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
140 x 99 x 14.5mm
228g
40,000
Canon
G55
 
 
270,000
190,000
–
97,000
13,112 characters
250,000
52,500
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
140 x 99 x 14.5mm
228g
42,000
Canon
IDF-2100
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
–
230,000
16,000
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
117 x 72 x 17.5mm
122g
24,800
Canon
IDF-2200
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
–
–
–
Yes
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
117 x 72 x 17.5mm
122g
24,800
Canon
IDF-3000
 
[View]
128,000
–
–
79,000
6,368 characters
118,000
–
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
140 x 95 26.7mm
230g
32,000
Canon
IDF-4000
 
[View]
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
–
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
140 x 179 x 15.5mm
198.5g
 
Canon
IDF-4100
 
[View]
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
16,000
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
140 x 179 x 15.5mm
198.5g
 
Canon
IDF-4500
 
[View]
–
–
–
80,000
6,368 characters
230,000
–
Yes
Yes
 
Yes
Yes
 
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
140 x 179 x 15.5mm
198.5g
 
Canon
IDF-4600
 
[View]
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,368 characters
230,000
16,000
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
 
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
140 x 179 x 15.5mm
198.5g
45,000
Canon
V30
 
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
13,112 characters
250,000
–
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
42,000
Canon
V70
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
–
–
–
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
Yes
Yes
No
No
138 x 101 x 18mm
258g
45,000
Canon
V80
 
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
13,112 characters
250,000
–
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
148 x 104 x 19mm
280g
52,000
Casio
XD-470
[View]
 
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
Quick Guide
 
 
 
Seiko
RM-2000
 
 
20,000
–
–
–
–
–
–
 
N/A
N/A
 
 
 
 
52 total
Yes
 
116 x 78 x 20mm
155g w/ batteries
 
Seiko
SR950
 
 
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
 
Seiko
SRM-5000
 
 
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
 
Seiko
SRM-6000
 
 
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
Yes
Yes
Yes
 
110 x 82.3 x 13mm
135g
 
Seiko
T5120
[View]
 
255,000
–
–
97,000
–
230,000
28,000
Yes
Yes
 
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
100 words
Yes
 
137 x 88 x 15.6mm
210g w/batteries
45,000
Sharp
PW-9000
 
 
92,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
 
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
42,000
Sharp
PW-9100
 
 
92,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
 
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
42,000
Sharp
PW-9300
[View]
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
6,355 characters, 45,000 words
230,000
28,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
 
38,000
Sharp
PW-9500
 
 
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
 
 
 
Yes
 
 
Yes
 
Yes
No
 
 
 
Sharp
PW-9700
 
[View]
92,000
–
–
360,000
6,355 characters
230,000
–
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
100/dictionary 800 total
Yes
No
No (See mine)
139 x 106.8 x 14.8mm
235g w/ batteries
45,000
Sharp
PW-9800
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
 
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
45,000
Sharp
PW-9900
 
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
Multi
Yes
Unknown
Yes
 
Yes
100/dictionary
Yes
No
No
139 x 106.8 x 14.8mm
235g w/ batteries
40,000
Sharp
PW-A3000
 
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
6,355 characters
250,000
28,000
 
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
35,000
Sharp
PW-A8050
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
 
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
45,000
Sharp
PW-A8100
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
Multi
Yes
Unknown
Yes
 
 
100/dictionary
Yes
No
No
141 x 106.8 x 10.8mm
220g w/ batteries
45,000
Sharp
PW-A8200
 
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
 
 
Unknown
 
 
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
45,000
Sharp
PW-A8300
 
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
6,355 characters, 45,000 compounds
230,000
–
Multi
Yes
 
 
Yes
 
200/dictionary, 3500 total
Yes
No
 
140 x 106.8 x 13.9mm
258g w/ batteries
45,000
Sharp
PW-A8500
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
–
 
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
45,000
Sharp
PW-A8700
 
 
270,000
190,000
255,000
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
–
 
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
50,000
Sharp
PW-A8800
 
 
270,000
190,000
255,000
82,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
 
 
200/dictionary
Yes
No
No
140 x 106.8 x 11.4mm
223g w/ batteries
50,000
Sharp
PW-C6000
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
 
 
Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
 
Sharp
PW-C8000
 
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
6,355 characters
250,000
28,000
Multi
Yes
Unknown
Yes
 
 
200/dictionary, 3500 total
Yes
No
 
147.2 x 111.5 x 17.1mm
304g w/ batteries
 
Sharp
PW-M310
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
80,000
–
Yes
 
Unknown
Yes
 
 
Yes
 
No
 
115 x 73.5 x 15mm
 
32,000
Sharp
PW-M800
 
 
95,000
–
–
80,000
6,355 characters
230,000
28,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
35,000
Sharp
PW-S7200
 
 
95,000
–
–
82,000
–
230,000
28,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No
 
 
 
45,000

Notes

Blank cells are information I have been unable to obtain or confirm. This does not mean the feature is not supported. It only means I was unable to confirm if it was supported or not. If a feature was confirmed to not be supported, it will be stated as such in the table with a "–", "No", or similar notation. Some inconsistencies are unavoidable due to inconsistencies in manufacturers specifications. For example, the manufacturers do not specify if the dictionary weight includes batteries for some models.

  1. Also contains Japanese Thesaurus (79,000)
  2. Also contains "Common but Difficult Kanji Dictionary" (1,280)
  3. Contains a single romanized dictionary for both Eng->Jap and Jap->Eng with a total of over 20,000 entries
  4. Also contains "Kodokawa" Japanese Thesaurus (50,000)
  5. Confirming this feature is difficult without using the dictionary directly. Manufacturers have not listed this in the dictionary specifications on thier websites. As a result I have not been able to directly confirmed that the kanji compound list feature exists for this model. However, I own a PW-9700 and it does support this feature without either of the limitations described in the feature description. This dictionary also contains the same internal Gakken Kanshu Kanji dictionary. This leads me to believe that this dictionary may support this feature. However I cannot be certain at this time.
  6. Information from past notes based on the manufaturers specifications which are currently no longer published.
  7. Compounds list seems to be limited to compounds with the searched kanji in the first positions only with a few exceptions. This limitation is described in the feature description.
  8. Size and weight are estimated based on the IDF-4600 model

References

  1. Canon dictionary lineup page http://cweb.canon.jp/wordtank/choose/index.html
  2. Sharp dictionary lineup page http://www.sharp.co.jp/e-dic/lineup/dictionary/index.html
  3. Seiko products lineup page http://www.sii.co.jp/cp/products/index.html