史 (si2 | shi3) : history; chronicle; annals

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史

si2

shi3

[1] history; chronicle; annals
[2] a Chinese surname

Stroke count: 5

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

史

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This word has been viewed 8733 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Jan 2015 14:03

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歷史 lik6 si2 li4 shi3 = history

羅漫史 lo4 maan6 si6*2 = romance (as a loanword)

史料 si2 liu6*2 shi3 liao4 = historical data and documents

有史以來 jau5 si2 ji5 loi4 you3 shi3 yi3 lai2 = since the beginning of history

歷史久遠 lik6 si2 gau2 jyun5 li4 shi3 jiu3 yuan3 = ancient history

歷史學家 lik6 si2 hok6 gaa1 li4 shi3 xue2 jia1 = historian

歷史性 lik6 si2 sing3 li4 shi3 xing4 = historic

回顧歷史 wui4 gu3 lik6 si2 hui2 gu4 li4 shi3 = to look back at history

廠史 cong2 si2 chang3 shi3 = factory history

史詩 si2 si1 shi3 shi1 = epic (poetry)
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漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.

國立歷史博物館
National Museum of History
[(Name used by Taiwan)]

考古學係一門研究人類文化同歷史嘅學科粵
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history

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Decimal representation of this word: 史
Unicode code for this character: U+53f2 (off-site link)

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