史
Meanings
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- 1.history
- 2.annals
- 3.title of an official historian in ancient China
- 1.surname Shi
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Wiktionary
- 1.history
- 2.court historian; scribe
- 3.historical record; book recording history
- 4.a surname
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “hand”) holding a stylized flag almost identical to 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs) 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. Hence, the inner component 中 is partly unclear. The whole character originally indicates the act of taking notes; today, it means "history". Compare 事. ;"to send, to employ, to cause" ;"scribe, historian" :Alternatively, Unger (1990) and Starostin & Peiros (1996) derived 史 (OC *srɯʔ) "scribe, secretary" from 理 (OC *rɯʔ) "to mark, to draw lines", which, while cognate with Tibetan འབྲི ('bri, “to write, to draw”), apparently never meant "to write, to record".
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
歷史自會重演。
History repeats itself.
我對歷史有興趣。
I'm interested in history.
我們要以史為鑒。
We should learn from history.
我對日本歷史有興趣。
I am interested in Japanese history.
這是我的歷史課筆記本。
This is my history notebook.
股票價格跌至歷史新低。
Stock prices plunged to a record low.
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