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歴 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「止」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「止」
On
レキれき · reki
Kun
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Meaning
history; course; successive

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Rice plants in a row under 厂, with 止 "footstep"; passing by them in order — hence "to pass through, history."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onレキれきreki歴史れきし歴訪れきほう経歴けいれき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 歴史れきし

    history

  • 経歴けいれき

    personal history; career

More words with this kanji

  • 履歴りれき
  • 遍歴へんれき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この寺(てら)には長(なが)い歴史(れきし)がある。

This temple has a long history.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

歴史経歴歴史histor…経to pas…武milita…止to sto…正correc…此this歩to wal…暦calend…擽to tic…櫟the sa…瀝to tri…櫪a mang…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 止Map of reading レキAll maps

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