IDENTITY
史shǐhistory
HSK 3Top 300
CORE MEANING
history
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.historyHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 口mouth radical (kǒu)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 史
USAGE
Common words
历史lìshǐhistory
史书shǐshūhistory book
Graded examples
这个城市有很长的历史。Zhège chéngshì yǒu hěn cháng de lìshǐ.HSK4
This city has a long history.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 吏
LEARNING
Memory aid
A hand holding a writing brush (口 over 丿) — the recorder, history.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #300
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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