史|しshi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun (suffix), nounhistory
   彼かれは、フランス史しの学者がくしゃだ。↗

   He is a scholar of French history.

• Synonym歴史れきしNeutralThe everyday word for history. 「史」 is a single character used mostly as a suffix, as in 「日本史」 and 「世界史」.
• SynonymヒストリーCasualColloquial loanword for history or one's personal history, as in 「ヒストリー番組」. 「史」 is mostly a suffix.
• Synonym青史せいしWrittenWritten/formal prose for history books or annals, often in 「青史に名を残す」. 「史」 is broader.
• Synonym史乗しじょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for historical records or history books. 「史」 is a single-character morpheme.
• Related由緒ゆいしょWrittenWritten/formal prose for a thing's origins or pedigree, as in 「由緒ある寺」. 「史」 refers to history itself.
• Related沿革えんかくWrittenWritten/formal prose for the history or development of an organization, as in 「会社の沿革」. 「史」 is broader.
• Related来歴らいれきWrittenWritten/formal prose for the background or career of a thing or person. 「史」 refers to history itself.

「史」 works mainly as a suffix, as in 「日本史」; for history in general use 「歴史」, or the colloquial loanword 「ヒストリー」. In formal prose, 「沿革」 is an organization's history, 「来歴」 and 「由緒」 a thing's origins, and 「青史」/「史乗」 history books.

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1. （シ）　文章ぶんしょうに携たずさわる人ひと。文章家ぶんしょうか。
2. 名詞めいしの語義ごぎ1b（歴史れきし）を意いする造語ぞうご成分せいぶん。
3. 時間的じかんてき経過けいかの叙述じょじゅつ語ごを作つくる造語ぞうご成分せいぶん。