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Chinese symbol for “annals”

史册
shǐ cè
Traditional: 史冊
annals

The closest CC-CEDICT match for annals is 史册 (shǐ cè), defined as: annals.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

史 shǐ
history, chronicle, annals
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
册 cè
book, volume, register, list
radical 13 ⼌ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “annals”

WordPinyinMeaning
编年史 (編年史)biān nián shǐannals; chronicle
史shǐhistory; annals
春秋chūn qiūspring and autumn; four seasons
纪年 (紀年)jì niánto number the years; calendar era
年表nián biǎotimeline; chronology

Related words

Other words that share a character with 史册.

WordPinyinMeaning
历史 (歷史)lì shǐhistory; 门 (mén),段 (duàn)
史上shǐ shàngin history
史料shǐ liàohistorical material or data
历史性 (歷史性)lì shǐ xìnghistoric
有史以来 (有史以來)yǒu shǐ yǐ láisince the beginning of history
史诗 (史詩)shǐ shīan epic; poetic saga
注册 (註冊)zhù cèto register; to enroll
手册 (手冊)shǒu cèmanual; handbook

See also: Japanese symbol for “annals”.

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.

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