Chinese

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green history
trad. (青史)
simp. #(青史)
 
An example of a bamboo book

Etymology

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In ancient times, bamboo strips were sewn together to form books. The books were used to record events. Each strip would contain a single column of characters. The "green" in the word refers to the fact that the bamboo strips are green before they are cured and sewn into books. Later on, this word simply came to refer generically to history books.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (21)
Final () (125) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter tsheng sriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰeŋ/ /ʃɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰeŋ/ /ʃɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛŋ/ /ʃieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛjŋ/ /ʂɨX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰeŋ/ /ʃiəX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰieŋ/ /ʃĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰieŋ/ /ʂiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qīng shǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cing1 si2

Noun

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青史

  1. annals of history; history books

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (青史):
  • Japanese: (せい)() (seishi)

Others:

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
靑史 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(せい)() (seishi

  1. annals of history; history books

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN