史記

史記

See also: 史记

Chinese

		history	to remember; to note; mark to remember; to note; mark; sign; to record
trad. (史記)		史	記
simp. (史记)		史	记

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shǐjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si² gei³
• Min Nan (POJ): Sú-kì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shǐjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shǐhjì
    • Wade–Giles: Shih³-chi⁴
    • Yale: Shř-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyyjih
    • Palladius: Шицзи (Šiczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si² gei³
    • Yale: sí gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si² gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi² géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³⁵ kei̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sú-kì
    • Tâi-lô: Sú-kì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw'kix
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɨ^X  kɨ^H/

Rime
Character	史	記
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	踈士切	居吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨX/	/kɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨX/	/kɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃieX/	/kieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨX/	/kɨH/
Li Rong	/ʃiəX/	/kiəH/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəX/	/kĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂiX/	/kiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2	gei3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-rəʔ  C.k(r)ə(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srɯʔ  kɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	史	記
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǐ	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ sriX ›	‹ kiH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-rəʔ/	/*C.k(r)ə(ʔ)-s/
English	scribe	remember; record (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	史	記
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11487	5768
Phonetic component	史	己
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	史	記
Old Chinese	/*srɯʔ/	/*kɯs/

Proper noun

史記

1. Records of the Grand Historian (an important Chinese history book written by Han dynasty scholar Sima Qian from 109 BCE to 91 BCE)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (史記):

• → Japanese: 史記(しき) (shiki)
• → Korean: 사기(史記) (sagi)
• → Vietnamese: sử kí (史記)

Noun

史記

1. (uncommon, chiefly archaic) historical record; annals; chronicle

   • 秦既得意，燒天下詩書，諸侯史記尤甚，為其有所刺譏也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秦既得意，烧天下诗书，诸侯史记尤甚，为其有所刺讥也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Qín jì déyì, shāo tiānxià shīshū, zhūhóu shǐjì yóushèn, wèi qí yǒusuǒ cìjī yě. [Pinyin]

     Having achieved its desired domination, Qin had books burned all over the country. They targeted in particular the historical records of the previous states because of the criticisms therein.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
史	記
し Grade: 5	き Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

史(し)記(き) • (Shiki) 

1. Records of the Grand Historian

Derived terms

• 史記抄(しきしょう) (shikishō)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
史	記

Noun

史記

1. chữ Hán form of sử kí.