Zi:史
史 [shǐ] history (历史); historical (史实 ‘historical fact’) ; (HDZ:) (古) 文职官员; …; (姓)
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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’.
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 zì ‘establish/stab’.
“Hand holding a style (pen) and writing on a 囗 wooden block” —Karlgren.
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)
►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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