历 lì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
历史
lìshǐ
history
Characters in this word
史 shǐ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我学历史。 Wǒ xué lì shǐ. I study history.
- 历史很有趣。 Lì shǐ hěn yǒu qù. History is very interesting.
- 他爱读历史。 Tā ài dú lì shǐ. He loves reading history.