史
shǐ
history
surname Shi; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
mouth (口) + governance (乂) = recorded history
The historian's role was to capture the words of governance — what rulers said and did — and set them in order for posterity. Together the components evoke an official voice controlling and preserving the record.
他在学校里喜欢学历史。
tā zài xué xiào lǐ xǐ huān xué lì shǐ。
He likes studying history at school.
这本书记录了我们国家几百年的历史。
zhè běn shū jì lù le wǒ men guó jiā jǐ bǎi nián de lì shǐ。
This book records several hundred years of our country's history.
Words with 史
古代史
gǔ dài shǐ
ancient history
史努比
shǐ nǔ bǐ
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
御史
yù shǐ
imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
史记
shǐ jì
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
通史
tōng shǐ
narrative history
艺术史
yì shù shǐ
art history
史书
shǐ shū
history book
载入史册
zǎi rù shǐ cè
to be recorded in history; to go down in history
史学
shǐ xué
historiography
哲学史
zhé xué shǐ
history of philosophy
辽史
liáo shǐ
History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 116 scrolls
金史
jīn shǐ
History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 135 scrolls