Memory phrase for the character: 歴

歴

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Meaning

history, calendar, curriculum, flow of time

Pronunciation

REKI

Explanation

From top: cliff 厂, wood 林, stop 止 [止= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.]

Mnemonic

At the cliff with the wood where we stopped, history was made.

Radicals

厂	cliff	The Radical gandare* stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.*
林	small forest
止	to stop	At top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."
麻	hemp, flax	Since hemp is illegal, it is not stored at home, but is well hidden. So: The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp.

Vocabulary

履歴	りれき	personal history, background, career, log
歴	れき	history of, experience of
歴史	れきし	history
歴史家	れきしか	historian
学歴	がくれき	academic background
経歴	けいれき	personal history, career

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