Kanji · first appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary
史

史 – history, chronicle

5 strokesTaught in grade 5#511 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 史 means history, chronicle. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiシshi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 30). Components: ノ・口.

Words using 史

Example sentences

私は地理より歴史が好きだ。
I prefer history to geography.
コブ女史が帰ってくる日が待ち遠しいよ。ほんとに。
I'm looking forward to the day when Miss Cobb comes back, I can tell you.
彼は、フランス史の学者だ。
He is a scholar of French history.

Kanji with the same radical

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