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Keyword
history
  • chronicle
  • annals
Frequency
#359
Strokes
5
Readings
shǐ100%
Mnemonic
A hand 乂 using a pen to record a history
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Used in vocabulary
史shǐ
history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
史料shǐliào
historical material or data
有史以来yǒushǐyǐlái
since the beginning of history
史诗shǐshī
an epic; poetic saga
史学shǐxué
historiography
史记Shǐjì
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司马迁 (SīmǎQiān), first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 (ÈrshísìShǐ)
文史wénshǐ
literature and history
史实shǐshí
historical fact
史无前例shǐwúqiánlì
(idiom) unprecedented in history
刺史cìshǐ
provincial governor (old)
史蒂夫Shǐdìfū
Steve (male name)
史书shǐshū
history book
史前shǐqián
prehistoric times; (attributive) prehistoric
简史jiǎnshǐ
a brief history
历史悠久lìshǐyōujiǔ
long-established; time-honored
近代史jìndàishǐ
modern history (in Chinese historiography, from the Opium Wars to the fall of the Qing dynasty)
通史tōngshǐ
narrative history; comprehensive history; a history covering an extended period
御史yùshǐ
imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)