Meanings
History, Chronicle
Radicals
Decomposition
⿻口乂
Etymology
Ideographic: A hand 乂 using a pen to record a history
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
No common kun'yomi readings
Words Using This Kanji
196 words totalreligious history
historic district
historical revisionism
history repeats itself
official history (e.g. a state-sanctioned account of history subject to revision when the government changes)
Shiji (first of China's 24 dynastic histories)
historical times
history of philosophy
historical demography
historical linguistics
historical science
legal history
architectural history
art historian
imperial censor (in ancient China)
record high
Twenty-Four Histories
Twenty-Five Histories
An Lushan Rebellion (in China; 755-763 CE)
historical records