shǐ

(ancient form of 史) history

Evolution

㕜 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㕜 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
㕜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㕜 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

shǐ

(ancient form of ) history; chronicles; annals

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+355C

Shuowen

“史,記事者也。从又持中;中,正也。”


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