Learn a Chinese Character - 史 (Shǐ) - History

Chinese Character: 史 (Shǐ - History)

1. 基本特征 (Character Basics)

部首: 口（口字旁） (radical: mouth)

笔画数: 5 (5 strokes)

结构分解: 指事字，字形像手持简册（上半部分为简册，下半部分为手），本义指记录历史的官员，后引申为历史（如"历史"） (ideogram resembling a hand holding bamboo slips (upper part: slips, lower part: hand), originally meaning historian, later extended to history (e.g., "history"))

笔顺:

Stroke Order Animation

2. 发音 (Pronunciation)

拼音: Shǐ (third tone)

3. 含义 (Meaning)

史作名词时指过去的事件（如"中国史"）或记录历史的书籍（如"史记"） (Noun: past events (e.g., "Chinese history"); Historical records (e.g., "Records of the Grand Historian"))

4. 常用词汇 (Common Words)

5. 语法与用法 (Grammar & Usage)

作名词时可受形容词修饰（如"悠久的历史"）；常与"历""诗"等词搭配（如"历史""史诗"） (Noun: modified by adjectives (e.g., "long history"); often paired with "历/诗" (e.g., "history/epic"))

6. 文化背景 (Cultural Background)

中国有"左史记言，右史记事"的传统，重视历史记录（如"二十四史"）；"史"体现对过去的传承，《史记》（司马迁著）是首部纪传体通史，被称为"史家之绝唱" (China has a tradition of "left historians recording words, right historians recording events", emphasizing historical records (e.g., "Twenty-Four Histories"). "史" reflects inheritance of the past; "Records of the Grand Historian" (by Sima Qian), the first biographical general history, is called "the peak of historical works")

7. 例句 (Example Sentence)

中国有悠久的历史。(Zhōng guó yǒu yōu jiǔ de lì shǐ.)
China has a long history.

《史记》是著名的历史著作。(《Shǐ jì》 shì zhù míng de lì shǐ zhù zuò.)
"Records of the Grand Historian" is a famous historical work.

8. 记忆技巧 (Memory Tips)

"史"的字形像一只手（下半部分）拿着简册（上半部分），代表记录历史的动作，通过"手+简册=记录历史"的画面轻松记住"史"的含义 ("史" resembles a hand (lower part) holding bamboo slips (upper part), representing the act of recording history. Associate "hand + slips" to remember the meaning of "史")

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