diff --git a/native/jni/Android.mk b/native/jni/Android.mk
index c207032..0594ddf 100644
--- a/native/jni/Android.mk
+++ b/native/jni/Android.mk
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     $(addprefix suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/, \
         buffer_with_extendable_buffer.cpp \
         byte_array_utils.cpp \
+        dict_file_writing_utils.cpp \
         format_utils.cpp) \
     suggest/policyimpl/gesture/gesture_suggest_policy_factory.cpp \
     $(addprefix suggest/policyimpl/typing/, \
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_helper.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_helper.cpp
index a51ae5e..578645c 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_helper.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_helper.cpp
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_helper.h"
 
-#include <cstdio>
-#include <cstring>
-
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/bigram/dynamic_bigram_list_policy.h"
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_gc_event_listeners.h"
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_node_reader.h"
@@ -28,13 +25,12 @@
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/header/header_policy.h"
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/patricia_trie_reading_utils.h"
 #include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/shortcut/dynamic_shortcut_list_policy.h"
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/dict_file_writing_utils.h"
 #include "utils/hash_map_compat.h"
 
 namespace latinime {
 
 const int DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingHelper::CHILDREN_POSITION_FIELD_SIZE = 3;
-const char *const DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingHelper::TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE =
-        ".tmp";
 // TODO: Make MAX_DICTIONARY_SIZE 8MB.
 const size_t DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingHelper::MAX_DICTIONARY_SIZE = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
 
@@ -147,7 +143,7 @@
     if (!headerPolicy->writeHeaderToBuffer(&headerBuffer, false /* updatesLastUpdatedTime */)) {
         return;
     }
-    flushAllToFile(fileName, &headerBuffer, mBuffer);
+    DictFileWritingUtils::flushAllHeaderAndBodyToFile(fileName, &headerBuffer, mBuffer);
 }
 
 void DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingHelper::writeToDictFileWithGC(const int rootPtNodeArrayPos,
@@ -161,7 +157,7 @@
     if (!runGC(rootPtNodeArrayPos, &newDictBuffer)) {
         return;
     }
-    flushAllToFile(fileName, &headerBuffer, &newDictBuffer);
+    DictFileWritingUtils::flushAllHeaderAndBodyToFile(fileName, &headerBuffer, &newDictBuffer);
 }
 
 bool DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingHelper::markNodeAsDeleted(
@@ -463,60 +459,6 @@
     return true;
 }
 
-// TODO: Create a struct which contains header, body and etc... and use here as an argument.
-void DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingHelper::flushAllToFile(const char *const fileName,
-        BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const dictHeader,
-        BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const dictBody) const {
-    const int tmpFileNameBufSize = strlen(fileName)
-            + strlen(TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE) + 1 /* terminator */;
-    // Name of a temporary file used for writing that is a connected string of original name and
-    // TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE.
-    char tmpFileName[tmpFileNameBufSize];
-    snprintf(tmpFileName, tmpFileNameBufSize, "%s%s", fileName,
-            TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE);
-    FILE *const file = fopen(tmpFileName, "wb");
-    if (!file) {
-        AKLOGI("Dictionary file %s cannnot be opened.", tmpFileName);
-        ASSERT(false);
-        return;
-    }
-    // Write the dictionary header.
-    if (!writeBufferToFilePointer(file, dictHeader)) {
-        remove(tmpFileName);
-        AKLOGI("Dictionary header cannnot be written. size: %d", dictHeader->getTailPosition());
-        ASSERT(false);
-        return;
-    }
-    // Write the dictionary body.
-    if (!writeBufferToFilePointer(file, dictBody)) {
-        remove(tmpFileName);
-        AKLOGI("Dictionary body cannnot be written. size: %d", dictBody->getTailPosition());
-        ASSERT(false);
-        return;
-    }
-    fclose(file);
-    rename(tmpFileName, fileName);
-}
-
-// This closes file pointer when an error is caused and returns whether the writing was succeeded
-// or not.
-bool DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingHelper::writeBufferToFilePointer(FILE *const file,
-        const BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const buffer) const {
-    const int originalBufSize = buffer->getOriginalBufferSize();
-    if (originalBufSize > 0 && fwrite(buffer->getBuffer(false /* usesAdditionalBuffer */),
-            originalBufSize, 1, file) < 1) {
-        fclose(file);
-        return false;
-    }
-    const int additionalBufSize = buffer->getTailPosition() - buffer->getOriginalBufferSize();
-    if (additionalBufSize > 0 && fwrite(buffer->getBuffer(true /* usesAdditionalBuffer */),
-            additionalBufSize, 1, file) < 1) {
-        fclose(file);
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingHelper::runGC(const int rootPtNodeArrayPos,
         BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const bufferToWrite) {
     DynamicPatriciaTrieReadingHelper readingHelper(mBuffer, mBigramPolicy, mShortcutPolicy);
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_helper.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_helper.h
index 028fa60..fe1b243 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_helper.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_helper.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #ifndef LATINIME_DYNAMIC_PATRICIA_TRIE_WRITING_HELPER_H
 #define LATINIME_DYNAMIC_PATRICIA_TRIE_WRITING_HELPER_H
 
-#include <cstdio>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include "defines.h"
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@
     DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingHelper);
 
     static const int CHILDREN_POSITION_FIELD_SIZE;
-    static const char *const TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE;
     static const size_t MAX_DICTIONARY_SIZE;
 
     BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const mBuffer;
@@ -124,13 +122,6 @@
             const int probabilityOfNewPtNode, const int *const newNodeCodePoints,
             const int newNodeCodePointCount);
 
-    void flushAllToFile(const char *const fileName,
-            BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const dictHeader,
-            BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const dictBody) const;
-
-    bool writeBufferToFilePointer(FILE *const file,
-            const BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const buffer) const;
-
     bool runGC(const int rootPtNodeArrayPos, BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const bufferToWrite);
 };
 } // namespace latinime
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_utils.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_utils.cpp
index 5a39837..30ff10c 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_utils.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_utils.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
 const int DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingUtils::PROBABILITY_FIELD_SIZE = 1;
 const int DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingUtils::NODE_FLAG_FIELD_SIZE = 1;
 
+/* static */ bool DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingUtils::writeEmptyDictionary(
+        BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const buffer, const int rootPos) {
+    int writingPos = rootPos;
+    if (!writePtNodeArraySizeAndAdvancePosition(buffer, 0 /* arraySize */, &writingPos)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return writeForwardLinkPositionAndAdvancePosition(buffer, NOT_A_DICT_POS /* forwardLinkPos */,
+            &writingPos);
+}
+
 /* static */ bool DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingUtils::writeForwardLinkPositionAndAdvancePosition(
         BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const buffer, const int forwardLinkPos,
         int *const forwardLinkFieldPos) {
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_utils.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_utils.h
index a37e9fb..af76bc6 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_utils.h
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_utils.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
  public:
     static const int NODE_FLAG_FIELD_SIZE;
 
+    static bool writeEmptyDictionary(BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const buffer, const int rootPos);
+
     static bool writeForwardLinkPositionAndAdvancePosition(
             BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const buffer, const int forwardLinkPos,
             int *const forwardLinkFieldPos);
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/dict_file_writing_utils.cpp b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/dict_file_writing_utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e4ec2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/dict_file_writing_utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013, The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/dict_file_writing_utils.h"
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstring>
+
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/header/header_policy.h"
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/dynamic_patricia_trie_writing_utils.h"
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/buffer_with_extendable_buffer.h"
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/format_utils.h"
+
+namespace latinime {
+
+const char *const DictFileWritingUtils::TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE = ".tmp";
+
+/* static */ bool DictFileWritingUtils::createEmptyDictFile(const char *const filePath,
+        const int dictVersion, const HeaderReadWriteUtils::AttributeMap *const attributeMap) {
+    switch (dictVersion) {
+        case 3:
+            return createEmptyV3DictFile(filePath, attributeMap);
+        default:
+            // Only version 3 dictionary is supported for now.
+            return false;
+    }
+}
+
+/* static */ bool DictFileWritingUtils::createEmptyV3DictFile(const char *const filePath,
+        const HeaderReadWriteUtils::AttributeMap *const attributeMap) {
+    BufferWithExtendableBuffer headerBuffer(0 /* originalBuffer */, 0 /* originalBufferSize */);
+    HeaderPolicy headerPolicy(FormatUtils::VERSION_3, attributeMap);
+    headerPolicy.writeHeaderToBuffer(&headerBuffer, true /* updatesLastUpdatedTime */);
+    BufferWithExtendableBuffer bodyBuffer(0 /* originalBuffer */, 0 /* originalBufferSize */);
+    if (!DynamicPatriciaTrieWritingUtils::writeEmptyDictionary(&bodyBuffer, 0 /* rootPos */)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return flushAllHeaderAndBodyToFile(filePath, &headerBuffer, &bodyBuffer);
+}
+
+/* static */ bool DictFileWritingUtils::flushAllHeaderAndBodyToFile(const char *const filePath,
+        BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const dictHeader, BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const dictBody) {
+    const int tmpFileNameBufSize = strlen(filePath)
+            + strlen(TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE) + 1 /* terminator */;
+    // Name of a temporary file used for writing that is a connected string of original name and
+    // TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE.
+    char tmpFileName[tmpFileNameBufSize];
+    snprintf(tmpFileName, tmpFileNameBufSize, "%s%s", filePath,
+            TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE);
+    FILE *const file = fopen(tmpFileName, "wb");
+    if (!file) {
+        AKLOGE("Dictionary file %s cannnot be opened.", tmpFileName);
+        ASSERT(false);
+        return false;
+    }
+    // Write the dictionary header.
+    if (!writeBufferToFile(file, dictHeader)) {
+        remove(tmpFileName);
+        AKLOGE("Dictionary header cannnot be written. size: %d", dictHeader->getTailPosition());
+        ASSERT(false);
+        return false;
+    }
+    // Write the dictionary body.
+    if (!writeBufferToFile(file, dictBody)) {
+        remove(tmpFileName);
+        AKLOGE("Dictionary body cannnot be written. size: %d", dictBody->getTailPosition());
+        ASSERT(false);
+        return false;
+    }
+    fclose(file);
+    rename(tmpFileName, filePath);
+    return true;
+}
+
+// This closes file pointer when an error is caused and returns whether the writing was succeeded
+// or not.
+/* static */ bool DictFileWritingUtils::writeBufferToFile(FILE *const file,
+        const BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const buffer) {
+    const int originalBufSize = buffer->getOriginalBufferSize();
+    if (originalBufSize > 0 && fwrite(buffer->getBuffer(false /* usesAdditionalBuffer */),
+            originalBufSize, 1, file) < 1) {
+        fclose(file);
+        return false;
+    }
+    const int additionalBufSize = buffer->getTailPosition() - buffer->getOriginalBufferSize();
+    if (additionalBufSize > 0 && fwrite(buffer->getBuffer(true /* usesAdditionalBuffer */),
+            additionalBufSize, 1, file) < 1) {
+        fclose(file);
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+} // namespace latinime
diff --git a/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/dict_file_writing_utils.h b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/dict_file_writing_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd4ac66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/jni/src/suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/utils/dict_file_writing_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013, The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef LATINIME_DICT_FILE_WRITING_UTILS_H
+#define LATINIME_DICT_FILE_WRITING_UTILS_H
+
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#include "defines.h"
+#include "suggest/policyimpl/dictionary/header/header_read_write_utils.h"
+
+namespace latinime {
+
+class BufferWithExtendableBuffer;
+
+class DictFileWritingUtils {
+ public:
+    static bool createEmptyDictFile(const char *const filePath, const int dictVersion,
+            const HeaderReadWriteUtils::AttributeMap *const attributeMap);
+
+    static bool flushAllHeaderAndBodyToFile(const char *const filePath,
+            BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const dictHeader,
+            BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const dictBody);
+
+ private:
+    DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(DictFileWritingUtils);
+
+    static const char *const TEMP_FILE_SUFFIX_FOR_WRITING_DICT_FILE;
+
+    static bool createEmptyV3DictFile(const char *const filePath,
+            const HeaderReadWriteUtils::AttributeMap *const attributeMap);
+
+    static bool writeBufferToFile(FILE *const file,
+            const BufferWithExtendableBuffer *const buffer);
+};
+} // namespace latinime
+#endif /* LATINIME_DICT_FILE_WRITING_UTILS_H */