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<WL>史 [shǐ] (历史 lìshǐ) history; (HDZ:) (古) 文职官员; 官府的佐使; 历史 (史实); 记载历史的书籍; 文辞繁多; 画师; (姓)
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<WL>史 [shǐ] history (历史); historical (史实 ‘historical fact’)@@ ; (HDZ:) (古) 文职官员; ; (姓)
 
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“Hand holding a style (pen) and writing on a 囗 wooden block” —Karlgren.
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The character 史(􀠺㕜) shǐ ‘official historian/messenger’ is traditionally explained as a 又(􀠋) yòu ‘right hand’ holding 中(􀃼) zhōng ‘the exact middle/center’, meaning ‘to grasp past/passing events, and to record/convey them accurately/faithfully/truthfully’.
Shuōwén says the character 史(􀠺) has a 又(􀠋) ‘hand’ holding 中(􀃼) ‘middle’ (meaning 正 ‘right/true’), and says the meaning is ‘to record events (accurately/truthfully)’.
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Note: 史(􀠺) shǐ ‘history’, 事(􀠻􀠼𠭏) shì ‘event’, and 吏(􀀅) lì ‘officer’ as in 使(􁗱) shǐ/shì ‘send/envoy’, are all said to be related variants (perhaps writing cognate morphemes); cf. 事/剚 ‘establish/stab’.
It is said that 史(􀠺) shǐ ‘history’, 事(􀠻􀠼𠭏) shì ‘event’, and 吏(􀀅) lì ‘officer’, and the right side of 使(􁗱) shǐ ‘make/cause/send’ are all related variants (perhaps writing cognate morphemes); cf. 事/剚 ‘establish/stab’.
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“Hand holding a style (pen) and writing on a 囗 wooden block” —Karlgren.
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HDZ: 史 : shǐ : (古) 文职官员; 官府的佐使; 历史 (史实); 记载历史的书籍; 文辞繁多; 画师; (姓)
 
#rG.252.09 W.43m K.AD885,GSR975a D.1.571.2 M.5769 KX..173.03 B.015.0.10 WHY...67 E.1
 
#rG.252.09 W.43m K.AD885,GSR975a D.1.571.2 M.5769 KX..173.03 B.015.0.10 WHY...67 E.1
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Revision as of 22:42, 11 October 2017

[shǐ] history (​史); historical (史​ ‘historical fact’) ; (HDZ:) (​) ​; …; (​)

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The character 史(​) shǐ ‘official historian/messenger’ is traditionally explained as a ​ yòu ‘right hand’ holding ​ zhōng ‘the exact middle/center’, meaning ‘to grasp past/passing events, and to record/convey them accurately/faithfully/truthfully’.
    Note: 史 shǐ ‘history’, ​(​𠭏) shì ‘event’, and ​ lì ‘officer’ as in ​使 shǐ/shì ‘send/envoy’, are all said to be related variants (perhaps writing cognate morphemes); cf. ​/​ zì ‘establish/stab’.
    “Hand holding a style (pen) and writing on a ​ wooden block” —Karlgren.
    HDZ: 史 : shǐ : (​) ​; ​使; ​史 (史​); ​史​; ​; ​; (​)
►references: Guǎngyùn:252.09; Wieger:43m; Karlgren:AD885,GSR975a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.571.2; Mathews:5769; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:173.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:015.0.10; Wáng(1993):67; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: si/
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Unicode: U+53F2
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