# 史 history

口 (mouth/small box radical) + (skipping legs)
★★☆☆☆
5 strokes
SIDEKICK

## Onyomi

SHI |

## Mnemonic

| With her mouth, SHE tells the history of skipping - from the stumbling of drunken cavemen, to the modern ballet.

## Jukugo

歴史(れきし) | history ★★★★☆ 歴 (chronicle) + 史 (history) = 歴史 (history)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
史 | history | MOUTH | 口
更 | all over again | RICEFIELD | 田

You tell oral history with your MOUTH,

and every year we have to plant the RICEFIELD all over again.

## Used In

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