Chinese symbol for “almanac”
历书
lì shū
Traditional: 曆書
almanac
The closest CC-CEDICT match for almanac is 历书 (lì shū), defined as: almanac.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “almanac”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 历书.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 历史 (歷史) | lì shǐ | history; 门 (mén),段 (duàn) |
| 经历 (經歷) | jīng lì | to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì)) |
| 学历 (學歷) | xué lì | educational background; academic qualifications |
| 简历 (簡歷) | jiǎn lì | curriculum vitae (CV); résumé |
| 历程 (歷程) | lì chéng | course; process |
| 历任 (歷任) | lì rèn | (of one person) to hold the successive posts of; (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc) |
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
| 秘书 (秘書) | mì shū | secretary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “almanac”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.