史(shǐ)

HSK 45 strokes

surname Shi

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Character information

Pinyin
shǐ
Meaning
surname Shi
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 史 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿻口乂

A hand 乂 using a pen to record a history

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

口kǒu乂yì

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 史 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 史

Common words using 史 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shǐ史wú无qián前lì例
HSK 7-9

(idiom) unprecedented in history

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yuán元shǐ史

History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史…

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cì刺shǐ史

provincial governor (old)

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běi北shǐ史

History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二…

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èr二shí十sì四shǐ史

the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese…

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yǐ以shǐ史wèi为jiàn鉴

to learn from history (idiom)

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gǔ古dài代shǐ史

ancient history

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gǔ古shǐ史

ancient history

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 史’s common words

无前例元刺北二十

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