Phonosemantic compound. 止 (foot) represents the meaning and 厤 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "pass through". The meaning later expanded to also include "experience" and "history".
Components
Traditional (歷)
Simplified (历)
厂 Simplified component
hǎn cliff (radical)
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
Simplified shorthand of the traditional 厤 component.
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Historical Evolution
歷
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
歷
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
歷
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
歷
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
歷
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
歷
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
歷
Clerical
Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
歷
Regular
Modern
Chinese
历 / 歷 [lì]
to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
Japanese
experience; history; record; career
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (81)
历史 [lìshǐ] #1,243
history
经历 [jīnglì] #801
experience
历史上 [lìshǐshàng] #3,283
historical
学历 [xuélì] #13,568
educational background
简历 [jiǎnlì] #6,286
curriculum vitae (CV)
历程 [lìchéng] #13,491
course
亚历山大 [Yàlìshāndà] #6,601
Alexander (name)
病历 [bìnglì] #7,389
medical record
历史性 [lìshǐxìng] #12,407
historic
历时 [lìshí] #30,009
to last
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
KOREAN WORDS (12)
역사상 #4,565
being in history; existing historically
역사가 #11,371
historian
역사 #12,165
history
역대 #15,618
successive generations; many generations
경력 #22,254
career; work experience
고학력
being highly educated
내력
history; career
역사성
historicalness; historic nature
역사학
history; historical studies
역임
serving in various posts
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