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Kanji Detail for 歷 - "history"

歷

  • Meaning

    歷 means "history." Also associated with pass through, successive.

    1. Pass through - To go through time; to experience.

    2. History - Past events; what has transpired.

    3. Successive - One after another; in sequence.

    4. Clear - Distinct and obvious; plainly visible.

  • Tattoo check: 歷

    • Verified meaning: history
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: pass through, successive

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    take place; past; history

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    history; past; to take place

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    history; calendar

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To pass through. As in 經歷 (experience), 閱歷 (experience). | Interchangeable with 曆. A calendar.

  • Onyomi

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    none

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

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    止 (tomeru・tomehen)

  • Related Keywords

    pass through history successive calendar clear chronicle record account ancestry annals archives documentation events experience heritage lineage memoir narrative past register time

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