漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
史: history, chronicle
JLPT N25 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 口mouth(meaning)
- 乂(form)
口 carries the meaning · 乂 is drawn in
5 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 史跡しせきhistorical landmark
- 史料しりょうhistorical sources
- 史実しじつhistorical fact
- 史学科しがくかdepartment of history
- 歴史れきしhistory
- 世界史せかいしworld history
- 日本史にほんしhistory of Japan
- 美術史びじゅつしart history
- 文学史ぶんがくしhistory of literature
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
又 (“hand”) holding a stylized flag almost identical to 中 perhaps to indicate a representative or ambassador (see its variant 吏 used in 使 to mean "ambassador"). As an alternative, it holds either a pen or a hunting weapon resembling similar to 中.
Source: Wiktionary, 史 (rev. 93761037), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side史 history · 乂
vs吏 officer · 丈In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shǐ
Same form: 史 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 史 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 史 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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