Definitions
(noun)
history; historical records
(noun)
historian
About
The character '史' originated from early pictographic representations of a hand holding a writing implement, denoting a court historian or scribe responsible for documenting events. Over time, its form stabilized into the present configuration, which is often parsed as a combination of '口' representing a mouth or spoken account and '乂' symbolizing a tool or cross, though this structural analysis is etymologically retrospective. The semantic range of the character expanded from the person who records to the content of the records themselves, thereby acquiring the primary meaning of 'history' as the chronological narrative or study of past human affairs. This evolution in meaning, while the character's graphical form has seen little change, underscores the conceptual shift from the act of recording to the body of knowledge produced.
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这本书是关于历史的。
他正在读一本史书。
历史告诉我们很多教训。
这位史学家研究古代史。
博物馆里有很多历史文物。
通过史料我们可以了解过去。
这段史实被记录在官方档案中。
研究历史需要客观和分析能力。