漢字道KANJIDOβ

史 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
シし · shi
Kun
—
Meaning
history; chronicle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A hand holding a record tablet; the office of writing down events — hence "history."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi史学しがく歴史れきし国史こくし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 歴史れきし

    history

  • 史料しりょう

    historical materials

More words with this kanji

  • 稗史はいし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

日本(にっぽん)の歴史(れきし)を勉強(べんきょう)している。

I am studying Japanese history.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

史料歴史史料fee歴histor…句phrase可possib…告to tel…喜to rej…営to run士samura…支to sup…示to sho…志will枝branch
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 口Map of reading シAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Quiz