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Kanji Detail for 史 - "history, chronicle, record"
史
- Meaning
史 means "history, chronicle, record."
History - A record of past events.
Chronicle - An account of events.
Scribe - A person who records.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
history; chronicle
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
history, chronicle, annals
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Shi
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
history, chronicle, annals
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An ancient official in charge of documents. Astronomy and divination also fell under this. There were 內史, 外史, 左史, 右史 and other titles. In Qin and Han times, it was a position close to the emperor, called 御史. Those in charge of palace archives and compiling history were called 太史. Later, 御史 specialized in censorship and remonstrance, with their office called 都察院. The duties of 太史 were combined with 翰林院, hence Hanlin scholars were called 太史. Also, Zhou rites had 女史, women officials in charge of the queen's ceremonial duties, staffed by literate women. Hence literate women are called 女史. | Records of events are called 史. Such as in education, there is 歷史, meaning facts from ancient times to the present. The Records of the Grand Historian, Book of Han, Book of Later Han, Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Jin, Book of Song, Book of Southern Qi, Book of Liang, Book of Chen, Book of Wei, Book of Northern Qi, Book of Zhou, Book of Sui, History of the Southern Dynasties, History of the Northern Dynasties, Old Book of Tang, New Book of Tang, Old History of the Five Dynasties, New History of the Five Dynasties, History of Song, History of Liao, History of Jin, History of Yuan, History of Ming are called the Twenty-Four Histories.
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Sentences including 史
He has a lot of books on history.
I want to study history.
I would like to read books on japanese history.
I study japanese history.
I am interested in japanese history.
I will tell you the history of my life.
I am interested in history.
He will be reading a historical novel.
He studies american history.
I like history.