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史

shǐ

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shǐ · si2 (Jyutping)

  1. history
  2. annals
  3. title of an official historian in ancient China
  4. surname Shi

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Character breakdown

史

Meaning
history, chronicle, annals
Radical
口
Strokes
5
Components
⿻口乂
Cangjie
LK
Four-corner
5000.6

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