diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aeb49ac..ad8efbe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ git tags, which trigger publication to Maven Central.
   same prefix to decode. Binds `ZSTD_CCtx_refPrefix` / `ZSTD_DCtx_refPrefix`.
   Segment-only by design — heap callers that need a copy should use
   `loadDictionary` instead.
+- `Zstd.dictId(byte[])` / `Zstd.dictId(MemorySegment)` — read the dictionary id
+  stamped in raw dictionary bytes without wrapping them in a `ZstdDictionary`.
+  Binds `ZSTD_getDictID_fromDict`.
+- `ZstdDictionaryId` value type — a `record` wrapping the 32-bit dictionary id
+  with an unsigned `value()`, `isPresent()`, and the `NONE` sentinel for "no id".
+
+### Changed
+- Every dictionary-id accessor now returns `ZstdDictionaryId` instead of `int`:
+  `ZstdDictionary.id()`, `ZstdCompressDict.id()`, `ZstdDecompressDict.id()`,
+  `ZstdFrame.dictId(...)`, and `ZstdFrameHeader.dictId()`. The `0` sentinel is now
+  `ZstdDictionaryId.NONE`, and the id reads as unsigned via `value()`.
 
 ## [0.5]
 
diff --git a/docs/supported.md b/docs/supported.md
index b9058de..e033e2d 100644
--- a/docs/supported.md
+++ b/docs/supported.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rather than the deprecated `ZSTD_getDecompressedSize`.
 | Version | 2 / 2 | complete |
 | Errors | 4 / 4 | complete: name, typed `ZstdErrorCode`, and `description()` |
 | Reusable contexts | 6 / 8 | CCtx/DCtx create/free/compress/decompress |
-| Dictionary — simple | 10 / 23 | raw + digested (CDict/DDict) + dict-id queries; `_advanced`/`_byReference`/`Begin` variants not bound |
+| Dictionary — simple | 11 / 23 | raw + digested (CDict/DDict) + dict-id queries; `_advanced`/`_byReference`/`Begin` variants not bound |
 | Dictionary training (ZDICT) | 8 / 12 | trainFromBuffer, cover/fastCover optimizers, finalizeDictionary, getDictHeaderSize |
 | Streaming — compress | 3 / 22 | `ZstdOutputStream` (compressStream2 + buffer sizes) |
 | Streaming — decompress | 3 / 15 | `ZstdInputStream` (decompressStream + buffer sizes) |
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ sequence-producer hooks vs this library's frame-inspection and typed-error surfa
 | `ZSTD_createCCtx_advanced` | — | — |
 | `ZSTD_createDCtx_advanced` | — | — |
 
-### Dictionary — simple (10/23)
+### Dictionary — simple (11/23)
 
 | Symbol | Bound | zstd-jni |
 |---|:---:|:---:|
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ sequence-producer hooks vs this library's frame-inspection and typed-error surfa
 | `ZSTD_decompressBegin_usingDict` | — | — |
 | `ZSTD_getDictID_fromCDict` | ✅ | — |
 | `ZSTD_getDictID_fromDDict` | ✅ | — |
-| `ZSTD_getDictID_fromDict` | — | ✅ |
+| `ZSTD_getDictID_fromDict` | ✅ | ✅ |
 | `ZSTD_getDictID_fromFrame` | ✅ | ✅ |
 
 ### Dictionary training, ZDICT (8/12)
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/it/GoldenCorpusTest.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/it/GoldenCorpusTest.java
index f5bc05d..bd62e5f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/it/GoldenCorpusTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/it/GoldenCorpusTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.github.dfa1.zstd.it;
 
+import io.github.dfa1.zstd.ZstdDictionaryId;
 import io.github.dfa1.zstd.Zstd;
 import io.github.dfa1.zstd.ZstdCompressCtx;
 import io.github.dfa1.zstd.ZstdDecompressCtx;
@@ -250,11 +251,11 @@ void dictIdRidesWithFrame(Path file) {
             }
 
             // When
-            int frameDictId = ZstdFrame.dictId(frame);
+            ZstdDictionaryId frameDictId = ZstdFrame.dictId(frame);
 
             // Then
             assertThat(frameDictId).isEqualTo(dict.id());
-            assertThat(frameDictId).isNotZero();
+            assertThat(frameDictId).isNotEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.NONE);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/it/ZstdInteropExtrasTest.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/it/ZstdInteropExtrasTest.java
index e1140ce..d509652 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/it/ZstdInteropExtrasTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/it/ZstdInteropExtrasTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.github.dfa1.zstd.it;
 
 import com.github.luben.zstd.ZstdCompressCtx;
+import io.github.dfa1.zstd.ZstdDictionaryId;
 import io.github.dfa1.zstd.Zstd;
 import io.github.dfa1.zstd.ZstdDictionary;
 import io.github.dfa1.zstd.ZstdException;
@@ -219,11 +220,11 @@ void javaReadsDictIdFromJniDictFrame() {
             byte[] frame = com.github.luben.zstd.Zstd.compress(record(7), jniDict);
 
             // When
-            int dictId = ZstdFrame.dictId(frame);
+            ZstdDictionaryId dictId = ZstdFrame.dictId(frame);
 
             // Then
             assertThat(dictId).isEqualTo(dict.id());
-            assertThat(dictId).isNotZero();
+            assertThat(dictId).isNotEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.NONE);
         }
 
         private ZstdDictionary trainDict() {
diff --git a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/Bindings.java b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/Bindings.java
index 8275dae..8073811 100644
--- a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/Bindings.java
+++ b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/Bindings.java
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ final class Bindings {
     // unsigned ZSTD_getDictID_fromDDict(const ZSTD_DDict*)
     static final MethodHandle GET_DICT_ID_FROM_DDICT =
             NativeLibrary.lookup("ZSTD_getDictID_fromDDict", FunctionDescriptor.of(JAVA_INT, ADDRESS));
+    // unsigned ZSTD_getDictID_fromDict(const void* dict, size_t dictSize)
+    static final MethodHandle GET_DICT_ID_FROM_DICT =
+            NativeLibrary.lookup("ZSTD_getDictID_fromDict",
+                    FunctionDescriptor.of(JAVA_INT, ADDRESS, JAVA_LONG));
 
     // ZSTD_bounds { size_t error; int lowerBound; int upperBound; } — returned by value
     static final MemoryLayout BOUNDS_LAYOUT =
diff --git a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/Zstd.java b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/Zstd.java
index 4a4b8c6..fa2a7ea 100644
--- a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/Zstd.java
+++ b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/Zstd.java
@@ -111,6 +111,42 @@ public static long decompressedSize(MemorySegment frame) {
         return size;
     }
 
+    /// Dictionary id stamped in raw dictionary `bytes`, read with the core
+    /// `libzstd` reader.
+    ///
+    /// This reads the id a *dictionary* records, not the id a frame references —
+    /// for the latter use [ZstdFrame#dictId(byte[])]. It returns the same value as
+    /// [ZstdDictionary#id()] (which uses the equivalent `ZDICT` reader); prefer this
+    /// when you only hold raw bytes and do not want to wrap them in a
+    /// [ZstdDictionary].
+    ///
+    /// @param bytes raw dictionary content
+    /// @return the dictionary id, or [ZstdDictionaryId#NONE] if `bytes` is not a standard zstd
+    ///         dictionary (for example a raw/content-only dictionary with no header)
+    public static ZstdDictionaryId dictId(byte[] bytes) {
+        try (Arena arena = Arena.ofConfined()) {
+            return dictId(copyIn(arena, bytes), bytes.length);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Dictionary id stamped in native dictionary `bytes`, read with no copy.
+    /// Otherwise identical to [#dictId(byte[])].
+    ///
+    /// @param bytes native dictionary content
+    /// @return the dictionary id, or [ZstdDictionaryId#NONE] if `bytes` is not a standard zstd dictionary
+    public static ZstdDictionaryId dictId(MemorySegment bytes) {
+        NativeCall.requireNative(bytes, "bytes");
+        return dictId(bytes, bytes.byteSize());
+    }
+
+    private static ZstdDictionaryId dictId(MemorySegment bytes, long size) {
+        try {
+            return ZstdDictionaryId.of((int) Bindings.GET_DICT_ID_FROM_DICT.invokeExact(bytes, size));
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            throw NativeCall.rethrow(t);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Maximum compressed size for an input of `srcSize` bytes — the buffer
     /// size guaranteed to never overflow during compression.
     ///
diff --git a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdCompressDict.java b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdCompressDict.java
index af194ac..228e7ed 100644
--- a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdCompressDict.java
+++ b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdCompressDict.java
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ public int level() {
 
     /// The dictionary id stamped into frames compressed with this dictionary.
     ///
-    /// @return the dictionary id, or `0` for a content-only dictionary
-    public int id() {
+    /// @return the dictionary id, or [ZstdDictionaryId#NONE] for a content-only dictionary
+    public ZstdDictionaryId id() {
         try {
-            return (int) Bindings.GET_DICT_ID_FROM_CDICT.invokeExact(ptr());
+            return ZstdDictionaryId.of((int) Bindings.GET_DICT_ID_FROM_CDICT.invokeExact(ptr()));
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             throw NativeCall.rethrow(t);
         }
diff --git a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDecompressDict.java b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDecompressDict.java
index 9b99742..1ac6e9b 100644
--- a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDecompressDict.java
+++ b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDecompressDict.java
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ private static MemorySegment create(MemorySegment dict) {
 
     /// The dictionary id this dictionary decodes frames for.
     ///
-    /// @return the dictionary id, or `0` for a content-only dictionary
-    public int id() {
+    /// @return the dictionary id, or [ZstdDictionaryId#NONE] for a content-only dictionary
+    public ZstdDictionaryId id() {
         try {
-            return (int) Bindings.GET_DICT_ID_FROM_DDICT.invokeExact(ptr());
+            return ZstdDictionaryId.of((int) Bindings.GET_DICT_ID_FROM_DDICT.invokeExact(ptr()));
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             throw NativeCall.rethrow(t);
         }
diff --git a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionary.java b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionary.java
index b9704e5..ae02480 100644
--- a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionary.java
+++ b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionary.java
@@ -253,13 +253,13 @@ private static ZstdDictionary toDictionary(MemorySegment dictBuf, long produced,
     }
 
     /// The dictionary id zstd stamps into frames compressed with this dictionary,
-    /// or `0` for a raw/content-only dictionary with no header.
+    /// or [ZstdDictionaryId#NONE] for a raw/content-only dictionary with no header.
     ///
-    /// @return the dictionary id, or `0` if none
-    public int id() {
+    /// @return the dictionary id, or [ZstdDictionaryId#NONE] if none
+    public ZstdDictionaryId id() {
         try (Arena arena = Arena.ofConfined()) {
             MemorySegment seg = Zstd.copyIn(arena, bytes);
-            return (int) Bindings.ZDICT_GET_DICT_ID.invokeExact(seg, (long) bytes.length);
+            return ZstdDictionaryId.of((int) Bindings.ZDICT_GET_DICT_ID.invokeExact(seg, (long) bytes.length));
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             throw NativeCall.rethrow(t);
         }
diff --git a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionaryId.java b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionaryId.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c66a1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionaryId.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package io.github.dfa1.zstd;
+
+/// A zstd dictionary id: the 32-bit value a dictionary stamps into the frames it
+/// compresses, letting a decompressor pick the matching dictionary.
+///
+/// zstd treats the id as a C `unsigned`, so the wire value can exceed
+/// [Integer#MAX_VALUE]. The raw 32-bit pattern is kept in [#raw()]; read it as an
+/// unsigned magnitude with [#value()]. The value `0` is the sentinel for "no
+/// dictionary id" — a raw/content-only dictionary, or a frame that records none —
+/// exposed as [#NONE] and tested with [#isPresent()].
+///
+/// @param raw the 32-bit id as zstd stores it, possibly negative when read as a
+///            signed `int`; `0` means no id
+public record ZstdDictionaryId(int raw) {
+
+    /// The absent id: no dictionary, or a dictionary with no recorded id.
+    public static final ZstdDictionaryId NONE = new ZstdDictionaryId(0);
+
+    /// Wraps a raw 32-bit id, returning [#NONE] for `0`.
+    ///
+    /// @param raw the 32-bit id as zstd stores it
+    /// @return the wrapped id, or [#NONE] if `raw` is `0`
+    public static ZstdDictionaryId of(int raw) {
+        return raw == 0 ? NONE : new ZstdDictionaryId(raw);
+    }
+
+    /// Whether an id is present (non-zero).
+    ///
+    /// @return `true` unless this is [#NONE]
+    public boolean isPresent() {
+        return raw != 0;
+    }
+
+    /// The id as an unsigned magnitude in `[0, 2^32)`, widening the raw 32-bit
+    /// pattern without sign extension.
+    ///
+    /// @return the unsigned id value
+    public long value() {
+        return Integer.toUnsignedLong(raw);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrame.java b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrame.java
index 713f5c5..f0843b6 100644
--- a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrame.java
+++ b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrame.java
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ public static long decompressedBound(MemorySegment data) {
     /// Dictionary id recorded in the first frame's header.
     ///
     /// @param data a zstd frame
-    /// @return the dictionary id, or `0` if the frame uses no dictionary or does
-    ///         not record one
-    public static int dictId(byte[] data) {
+    /// @return the dictionary id, or [ZstdDictionaryId#NONE] if the frame uses no dictionary
+    ///         or does not record one
+    public static ZstdDictionaryId dictId(byte[] data) {
         try (Arena arena = Arena.ofConfined()) {
             return dictId(Zstd.copyIn(arena, data), data.length);
         }
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ public static int dictId(byte[] data) {
     /// Dictionary id recorded in native frame `data`.
     ///
     /// @param data a zstd frame
-    /// @return the dictionary id, or `0` if none
-    public static int dictId(MemorySegment data) {
+    /// @return the dictionary id, or [ZstdDictionaryId#NONE] if none
+    public static ZstdDictionaryId dictId(MemorySegment data) {
         return dictId(data, data.byteSize());
     }
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ private static ZstdFrameHeader header(MemorySegment data, long size) {
                     zfh.get(JAVA_INT, 16) & 0xFFFFFFFFL,         // blockSizeMax
                     ZstdFrameType.of(zfh.get(JAVA_INT, 20)),     // frameType
                     zfh.get(JAVA_INT, 24),                       // headerSize
-                    zfh.get(JAVA_INT, 28),                       // dictID
+                    ZstdDictionaryId.of(zfh.get(JAVA_INT, 28)),            // dictID
                     zfh.get(JAVA_INT, 32) != 0);                 // checksumFlag
         }
     }
@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ private static long decompressedBound(MemorySegment data, long size) {
         return bound;
     }
 
-    private static int dictId(MemorySegment data, long size) {
+    private static ZstdDictionaryId dictId(MemorySegment data, long size) {
         try {
-            return (int) Bindings.GET_DICT_ID_FROM_FRAME.invokeExact(data, size);
+            return ZstdDictionaryId.of((int) Bindings.GET_DICT_ID_FROM_FRAME.invokeExact(data, size));
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             throw NativeCall.rethrow(t);
         }
diff --git a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrameHeader.java b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrameHeader.java
index ac5e6ad..cf35a4f 100644
--- a/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrameHeader.java
+++ b/zstd/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrameHeader.java
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 /// @param blockSizeMax     the maximum block size used in the frame
 /// @param frameType        whether this is a standard or skippable frame
 /// @param headerSize       the size of the frame header in bytes
-/// @param dictId           the dictionary id, or `0` if none (for a skippable frame,
-///                         the magic variant 0..15)
+/// @param dictId           the dictionary id, or [ZstdDictionaryId#NONE] if none (for a
+///                         skippable frame, [ZstdDictionaryId#raw()] is the magic variant 0..15)
 /// @param hasChecksum      whether a 4-byte content checksum follows the frame
 public record ZstdFrameHeader(
         long frameContentSize,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public record ZstdFrameHeader(
         long blockSizeMax,
         ZstdFrameType frameType,
         int headerSize,
-        int dictId,
+        ZstdDictionaryId dictId,
         boolean hasChecksum) {
 
     /// The decompressed size, if the frame records it.
diff --git a/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionaryIdTest.java b/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionaryIdTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed744f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdDictionaryIdTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package io.github.dfa1.zstd;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class ZstdDictionaryIdTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void ofZeroIsTheNoneSingleton() {
+        // When wrapping the zero sentinel
+        ZstdDictionaryId sut = ZstdDictionaryId.of(0);
+
+        // Then it is the shared NONE and reports no id
+        assertThat(sut).isEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.NONE);
+        assertThat(sut.isPresent()).isFalse();
+        assertThat(sut.value()).isZero();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ofNonZeroKeepsTheRawValueAndIsPresent() {
+        // When wrapping a positive id
+        ZstdDictionaryId sut = ZstdDictionaryId.of(42);
+
+        // Then it is present and exposes the value
+        assertThat(sut.isPresent()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(sut.raw()).isEqualTo(42);
+        assertThat(sut.value()).isEqualTo(42L);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void valueReadsTheRawPatternAsUnsigned() {
+        // Given an id whose top bit is set (negative as a signed int)
+        ZstdDictionaryId sut = ZstdDictionaryId.of(0xFFFFFFFF);
+
+        // Then raw stays the signed pattern while value widens without sign extension
+        assertThat(sut.raw()).isEqualTo(-1);
+        assertThat(sut.value()).isEqualTo(4_294_967_295L);
+        assertThat(sut.isPresent()).isTrue();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void equalIdsAreEqual() {
+        // Then records with the same raw value compare equal
+        assertThat(ZstdDictionaryId.of(7)).isEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.of(7));
+        assertThat(ZstdDictionaryId.of(7)).isNotEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.of(8));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrameTest.java b/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrameTest.java
index ca17482..465efb2 100644
--- a/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrameTest.java
+++ b/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdFrameTest.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void reportsContentSizeAndNoChecksumByDefault() {
             assertThat(header.frameType()).isEqualTo(ZstdFrameType.STANDARD);
             assertThat(header.contentSize()).hasValue(PAYLOAD.length);
             assertThat(header.hasChecksum()).isFalse();
-            assertThat(header.dictId()).isZero();
+            assertThat(header.dictId()).isEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.NONE);
             assertThat(header.windowSize()).isPositive();
         }
 
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ void contentHasValueEqualityOverTheBytesNotArrayIdentity() {
     }
 
     @Nested
-    class DictId {
+    class DictIdLookup {
 
         @Test
-        void isZeroForDictionarylessFrame() {
-            assertThat(ZstdFrame.dictId(Zstd.compress(PAYLOAD))).isZero();
+        void isNoneForDictionarylessFrame() {
+            assertThat(ZstdFrame.dictId(Zstd.compress(PAYLOAD))).isEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.NONE);
         }
 
         @Test
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ void matchesThroughTheSegmentOverload() {
             try (Arena arena = Arena.ofConfined()) {
                 MemorySegment seg = Zstd.copyIn(arena, frame);
 
-                // Then the segment overload reports the same non-zero id
-                assertThat(ZstdFrame.dictId(seg)).isNotZero().isEqualTo(dict.id());
+                // Then the segment overload reports the same present id
+                assertThat(ZstdFrame.dictId(seg)).isNotEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.NONE).isEqualTo(dict.id());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdTest.java b/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdTest.java
index 2c34878..dd7a98a 100644
--- a/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdTest.java
+++ b/zstd/src/test/java/io/github/dfa1/zstd/ZstdTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
+import java.lang.foreign.Arena;
+import java.lang.foreign.MemorySegment;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -172,4 +174,86 @@ void reportsVersionNumberConsistentWithTheString() {
             assertThat(number).isEqualTo(expected);
         }
     }
+
+    @Nested
+    class DictIdLookup {
+
+        // ZSTD_MAGIC_DICTIONARY (0xEC30A437) little-endian
+        private static final byte[] MAGIC = {0x37, (byte) 0xA4, 0x30, (byte) 0xEC};
+
+        @Test
+        void readsTheIdStampedInDictionaryBytes() {
+            // Given a standard dictionary header carrying a known id
+            byte[] dict = standardDict(0x01020304);
+
+            // When the id is read
+            ZstdDictionaryId id = Zstd.dictId(dict);
+
+            // Then it matches the stamped value
+            assertThat(id).isEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.of(0x01020304));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void agreesWithTheZstdDictionaryReader() {
+            // Given the same bytes read through both the libzstd and ZDICT readers
+            byte[] dict = standardDict(123_456);
+
+            // When each reports the id
+            // Then they agree
+            assertThat(Zstd.dictId(dict)).isEqualTo(ZstdDictionary.of(dict).id());
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void returnsNoneForNonDictionaryBytes() {
+            // Given bytes with no dictionary magic
+            byte[] notADict = "not a zstd dictionary".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+            // When the id is read / Then it is absent
+            assertThat(Zstd.dictId(notADict)).isEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.NONE);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void returnsNoneForTooShortInput() {
+            // Given fewer than 8 bytes
+            // When the id is read / Then it is absent
+            assertThat(Zstd.dictId(new byte[] {1, 2, 3})).isEqualTo(ZstdDictionaryId.NONE);
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void segmentOverloadMatchesByteArray() {
+            // Given the same dictionary as bytes and as a native segment
+            byte[] dict = standardDict(777);
+            try (Arena arena = Arena.ofConfined()) {
+                MemorySegment seg = Zstd.copyIn(arena, dict);
+
+                // When read through the zero-copy overload / Then it agrees
+                assertThat(Zstd.dictId(seg)).isEqualTo(Zstd.dictId(dict));
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void segmentOverloadRejectsHeapSegment() {
+            // Given a heap-backed segment
+            MemorySegment heap = MemorySegment.ofArray(standardDict(1));
+
+            // When read through the zero-copy overload
+            ThrowingCallable result = () -> Zstd.dictId(heap);
+
+            // Then it fails fast naming the parameter
+            assertThatThrownBy(result)
+                    .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class)
+                    .hasMessageContaining("bytes");
+        }
+
+        private static byte[] standardDict(int id) {
+            // magic (LE) + dictID (LE) + filler; getDictID reads only the first 8 bytes
+            byte[] d = new byte[12];
+            System.arraycopy(MAGIC, 0, d, 0, 4);
+            d[4] = (byte) id;
+            d[5] = (byte) (id >>> 8);
+            d[6] = (byte) (id >>> 16);
+            d[7] = (byte) (id >>> 24);
+            return d;
+        }
+    }
 }