史

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 5 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 口(くち)

Meaning

History / Chronicle / Record

  • 歴史れきし — history
  • 史学しがく — historical studies
  • 史跡しせき — historic site
  • 史観しかん — view of history
  • 史実しじつ — historical fact
  • 史料しりょう — historical document
  • 史上しじょう — in history / historically

史 depicts an official or recorder holding a staff for proclamations, with 口 hinting at speech or announcements. Over time it came to represent the person who records events — hence its sense of “history” and “chronicle.”

日本にほん歴史れきしは とても興味深きょうみぶかいです。
Japanese history is very fascinating.

このまちには おおくの 史跡しせきがあります。
This town has many historic sites.

歴
Creates
歴史れきし — history
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