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史
JLPT N2 SL5 5 strokes Frequency: #511

Meanings

History, Chronicle

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿻口乂

Etymology

Ideographic: A handΒ δΉ‚ 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)
γ‚· shi
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

196 words total
Other (20 words)
戦史 せんし

military history

倖史 γŒγ„γ—

unofficial history

η•₯史 γ‚Šγ‚ƒγγ—

brief history

ιƒ·εœŸε² きょうどし

local history

硌史 けいし

Chinese classics (ethics, politics, and history)

ε²θ¨˜ζŠ„ しきしょう

commentary on Shiki

歴史に名を留める γ‚Œγγ—γ«γͺをとどめる

to inscribe one's name in history

ε²δΈŠγ«δΎ‹γ‚’θ¦‹γͺい γ—γ˜γ‚‡γ†γ«γ‚Œγ„γ‚’γΏγͺい

unparalleled in history (unparallelled)

ζ­΄ε²γ‚’εˆ»γ‚€ γ‚Œγγ—γ‚’γγ–γ‚€

to carve out a history

現代史 げんだいし

contemporary history

θ₯Ώζ΄‹ε² γ›γ„γ‚ˆγ†γ—

history of the Western world

東洋史 γ¨γ†γ‚ˆγ†γ—

Asian history

ε…ˆε² せんし

prehistory

逸史 いっし

anecdotal history

科学史 γ‹γŒγγ—

history of science

ζ³•εˆΆε²ε­¦ γ»γ†γ›γ„γ—γŒγ

legal history (studies)

法史学 γ»γ†γ—γŒγ

legal history (studies)

倖亀史 γŒγ„γ“γ†γ—

history of diplomacy

ε²δΈŠη©Ίε‰ γ—γ˜γ‚‡γ†γγ†γœγ‚“

unprecedented in history

ε²δΈŠε”―δΈ€ γ—γ˜γ‚‡γ†γ‚†γ„γ„γ€

the first in history