Definitions
(noun)
history; historical records
(noun)
historian
About
The character "史" originally denoted a historian or official scribe, with its structure incorporating the component "口" to represent speech or oral account and a vertical stroke that historically indicated the act of recording. Its meaning expanded from the role of the recorder to the content of the records themselves, thereby acquiring the sense of "history" as a narrative or field of study. The modern form of the character retains this compositional structure.
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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。