史
See also: 吏 and 更
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Translingual
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Han character
史 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中大 (LK), four-corner 50006, composition ⿻口乂)
Derived characters
- 𫢓, 𪠷, 𫩢, 𮍸, 𪗧, 𭆾, 𫾫, 𭨡, 𰁈, 𰓐, 𰥶, 𭨮, 𭉅, 𩂝, 鉂, 𰶽, 㳏, 𰛘, 𰝓, 𣐳, 𡶈, 𥑏, 𨽄, 𰑗, 𣬐, 駛, 驶, 𧲬, 𫙓, 𪀎
References
- KangXi: page 173, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3249
- Dae Jaweon: page 384, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 571, character 2
- Unihan data for U+53F2
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 史 | |
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alternative forms | 㕜 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 史 | |||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (史) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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吏 | *rɯs |
倳 | *ʔsrɯs |
剚 | *ʔsrɯs |
事 | *ʔsrɯs, *zrɯs |
史 | *srɯʔ |
使 | *srɯʔ, *srɯs |
駛 | *srɯʔ, *srɯs |
Pictogram (象形) – 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “hand”) holding a fountain pen resembling 中 (OC *tuŋ, *tuŋs)
Etymology
- "to send, to employ, to cause"
- Causative derivation of 理 (OC rəʔ) "envoy (Zuo)" , "jail-official" (Guanzi), "marriage go-between", which is perhaps the same word as 理 (OC rəʔ) "to administer" (Schuessler 2007); the sense "scribe, historian" is derived from this.
- "scribe, historian"
- Possibly from Austroasiatic; Schuessler (2007) compared 理 (OC *rɯʔ), 吏 (OC *rɯs, “official”), 史 (OC *srɯʔ, “scribe, historian”), and 使 (OC *srɯʔ, *srɯs, “ambassador”) to Old Khmer re (“to move, change position”) & its derivatives Old Khmer pre (“to send, order, assign, appoint, delegate, use, employ, make”), in turn related to paṃre (“to serve; service, duty; servant, delegate, representative, minister”); with Sino-Tibetan causative *s- corresponding to Khmer causative *p-.
- Alternatively, Unger (1990) and Starostin & Peiros (1996) derived 史 (OC *srɯʔ) "scribe, secretary" from 理 (OC *rɯʔ) "to mark, to draw lines", which, while cognate with Tibetan འབྲི ('bri, “to write, to draw”), apparently never meant "to write, to record".
Pronunciation
Definitions
史
- history
- 歐洲史/欧洲史 ― Ōuzhōu shǐ ― European history
- 近代史 ― jìndàishǐ ― modern history
- 史無前例/史无前例 ― shǐwúqiánlì ― unprecedented (literally, “no precedent in history”)
- (historical) court historian; scribe
- 動則左史書之,言則右史書之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Dòng zé zuǒshǐ shū zhī, yán zé yòushǐ shū zhī. [Pinyin]
- His actions were written down by the recorder of the Left, and his utterances by the recorder of the Right.
动则左史书之,言则右史书之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 董狐,古之良史也,書法不隱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Dǒng Hú, gǔ zhī liángshǐ yě, shūfǎ bù yǐn. [Pinyin]
- Dong Hu was a good historiographer of old time:—his rule for writing was not to conceal.
董狐,古之良史也,书法不隐。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- historical record; book recording history
- 正史 ― zhèngshǐ ― official historical records
- 《二十四史》 ― “èrshísìshǐ” ― Twenty-Four Histories
- a surname
- 史可法 ― Shǐ Kěfǎ ― Shi Kefa
Compounds
Derived terms from 史
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Japanese
Kanji
史
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- record, recording
- history
Readings
- Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
- On: じ (ji)
- Kun: ふひと (fuhito, 史); ふびと (fubito, 史); ふみ (fumi, 史); さかん (sakan)
Proper noun
史 • (Hiroshi)
- a male given name
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 史 (MC ʃɨX).
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Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᄉᆞᆼ〯 (Yale: sǒ) | |
Middle Korean | ||
Text | Eumhun | |
Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | ᄉᆞ〯긧〮 (Yale: sǒkúy-s) | ᄉᆞ〯 (Yale: sǒ) |
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource史 (eumhun 사기(史記) 사 (sagi sa))
- Hanja form? of 사 (“history”). [noun, suffix]
Compounds
Compounds
- 역사 (歷史, yeoksa)
- 사상 (史上, sasang)
- 사적 (史跡, sajeok)
- 사적 (史的, sajeok)
- 사학 (史學, sahak)
- 국사 (國史, guksa)
- 역사 (歷史, yeoksa)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
史: Hán Nôm readings: sử
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