歴 – curriculum, continuation, passage of time

14 strokesTaught in grade 5#632 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 歴 means curriculum, continuation, passage of time. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is レキ、レッキ (reki, rekki). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 止 (no. 77).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	レキ	reki
On’yomi	レッキ	rekki

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: 止 (Kangxi radical 77). Components: 止・麻・木・厂・广.

Words using 歴

歴史れきしhistory学歴がくれきacademic background経歴けいれきpersonal history履歴りれきpersonal history

Example sentences

私は地理より歴史が好きだ。

I prefer history to geography.

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給料は、経験と学歴に基づいて決まります。

Pay will be based on experience and educational background.

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彼はビジネスの経歴がある。

He has a background in business.

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Kanji with the same radical

正歳止武歩歯歪

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