Read Edit View history 史 shǐShǐ HSK4 history Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint The characters 史 (history), 吏 (government official), 使 (cause; use; instruct), and 事 (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand (又) holding a container for writing utensils. Pinyin Separate values with commas shǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a container for writing utensils. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 史 Simp strokes 史 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 史 Simp strokes 史 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 史 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 262, 618 ], [ 281, 605 ], [ 308, 568 ], [ 359, 379 ] ], [ [ 303, 621 ], [ 339, 606 ], [ 352, 607 ], [ 567, 635 ], [ 661, 655 ], [ 680, 653 ], [ 708, 637 ], [ 725, 616 ], [ 683, 501 ], [ 655, 483 ] ], [ [ 372, 431 ], [ 392, 421 ], [ 432, 422 ], [ 642, 452 ], [ 693, 451 ], [ 722, 441 ] ], [ [ 457, 822 ], [ 486, 804 ], [ 512, 777 ], [ 502, 374 ], [ 494, 298 ], [ 477, 229 ], [ 452, 179 ], [ 381, 109 ], [ 289, 62 ], [ 149, 21 ] ], [ [ 215, 336 ], [ 279, 337 ], [ 337, 315 ], [ 541, 140 ], [ 648, 59 ], [ 713, 22 ], [ 740, 13 ], [ 796, 12 ], [ 942, 24 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 289 625 Q 259 631 255 624 Q 249 617 259 601 Q 295 537 321 431 Q 325 400 346 379 Q 367 357 371 374 Q 374 386 373 403 L 368 436 Q 358 467 333 585 C 327 614 319 620 289 625 Z", "M 702 471 Q 732 565 774 595 Q 793 614 778 635 Q 700 707 634 673 Q 583 658 534 647 L 482 639 Q 344 621 289 625 C 259 626 303 581 333 585 Q 345 586 359 589 Q 420 599 483 607 L 533 614 Q 653 638 670 622 Q 680 612 677 589 Q 664 528 648 478 C 639 449 692 443 702 471 Z", "M 373 403 Q 376 400 446 407 Q 461 410 479 411 L 528 416 Q 606 425 716 430 Q 729 431 731 441 Q 731 450 702 471 C 685 483 678 482 648 478 Q 647 479 645 478 Q 584 466 529 456 L 481 448 Q 421 442 370 437 Q 369 437 368 436 C 338 431 343 405 373 403 Z", "M 479 411 Q 473 294 455 241 Q 454 240 454 239 L 439 205 Q 414 166 376 135 Q 309 83 158 34 Q 143 28 142 24 Q 142 20 155 16 Q 180 13 239 28 Q 341 50 411 104 Q 448 134 475 171 L 494 205 Q 527 292 528 416 L 529 456 Q 530 538 533 614 L 534 647 Q 534 713 558 773 Q 565 791 554 803 Q 529 822 486 834 Q 458 841 448 833 Q 438 826 447 811 Q 474 771 478 720 Q 479 680 482 639 L 483 607 Q 484 528 481 448 L 479 411 Z", "M 454 239 Q 453 242 450 243 Q 353 333 319 345 Q 264 366 220 346 Q 211 345 207 339 Q 204 335 207 333 Q 256 323 308 310 Q 333 301 439 205 L 475 171 Q 485 162 495 152 Q 559 85 694 -19 Q 722 -43 765 -32 Q 841 -19 920 3 Q 942 7 953 18 Q 963 28 951 33 Q 939 37 921 36 Q 726 55 664 88 Q 520 184 494 205 L 454 239 Z" ] } 5 strokes 史 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 260, 622 ], [ 304, 579 ], [ 355, 373 ] ], [ [ 294, 618 ], [ 343, 606 ], [ 694, 651 ], [ 731, 599 ], [ 663, 466 ] ], [ [ 367, 428 ], [ 657, 455 ], [ 727, 441 ] ], [ [ 448, 829 ], [ 516, 773 ], [ 477, 229 ], [ 436, 161 ], [ 368, 105 ], [ 149, 25 ] ], [ [ 216, 339 ], [ 332, 317 ], [ 720, 19 ], [ 951, 24 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M289,625C269,629 258,629 255,624C251,619 252,613 259,601C283,560 305,504 321,431C325,412 331,394 346,379C371,354 370,373 373,403C373,415 370,426 368,436C361,467 349,507 333,585C329,604 308,621 289,625Z", "M702,471C722,534 747,574 774,595C788,607 790,623 778,635C761,652 744,665 730,676C692,704 676,673 534,651C499,646 499,646 482,643C390,629 325,623 289,625C269,625 313,582 333,585C382,593 438,601 483,607C516,612 516,612 533,614C576,621 609,625 632,627C664,631 681,617 677,589C670,549 658,514 648,480C641,463 695,454 702,471Z", "M373,403C385,399 406,404 479,411C512,414 512,414 528,416C580,422 651,429 716,430C751,431 726,454 702,471C686,480 666,484 648,480C626,474 599,468 529,456C497,451 497,451 481,448C455,444 390,437 368,436C357,436 362,405 373,403Z", "M479,411C475,352 471,288 455,239C449,223 445,216 439,205C376,107 246,64 158,34C147,31 142,27 142,24C141,22 145,16 155,16C268,18 421,91 475,171C482,183 488,193 494,205C514,253 526,348 528,416C529,443 529,443 529,456C530,511 531,564 533,614C534,639 534,639 534,651C535,695 542,733 558,773C562,785 562,796 554,803C538,817 513,827 486,834C466,839 454,839 448,833C441,829 440,822 447,811C482,757 480,702 482,643C483,619 483,619 483,607C484,556 483,502 481,448C480,423 480,423 479,411Z", "M455,239C422,267 348,333 319,345C281,360 249,361 226,352C197,342 201,334 224,330C252,325 282,323 308,310C323,303 369,272 439,205C463,182 463,182 475,171C549,101 629,32 694,-19C712,-34 736,-37 765,-32C815,-21 867,-10 920,3C934,7 945,11 953,18C959,25 959,30 951,33C943,36 932,35 921,36C789,47 705,69 664,88C638,100 510,192 494,205C468,228 468,228 455,239Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.