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史

JLPT N2 SL5 5 strokes Frequency: #511

Meanings

History, Chronicle

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿻口乂

Etymology

Ideographic: A hand 乂 using a pen to record a history

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-to-bottom

5 diagonal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ shi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

196 words total

Other (20 words)

historic landmark

short history

overview of history

etymological dictionary

社史しゃし

history of a company

野史やし

non-official history

唯物史観ゆいぶつしかん

historical materialism

詠史えいし

historical poem or epic

cultural history

art history

a chronicle

secret history

recorded in history

since the dawn of history

国文学史こくぶんがくし

history of Japanese literature

love story

(written) history

historical novel

historicism

music history

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