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Chinese symbol for “historian”

历史学家
lì shǐ xué jiā
Traditional: 歷史學家
historian

The closest CC-CEDICT match for historian is 历史学家 (lì shǐ xué jiā), defined as: historian.

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

历 lì
history; calendar
radical 27 ⼚ · 4 strokes
史 shǐ
history, chronicle, annals
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “historian”

WordPinyinMeaning
史学家 (史學家)shǐ xué jiāhistorian
史家shǐ jiāhistorian
历史家 (歷史家)lì shǐ jiāhistorian
史官shǐ guānscribe; court recorder

Related words

Other words that share a character with 历史学家.

WordPinyinMeaning
历史 (歷史)lì shǐhistory; 门 (mén),段 (duàn)
经历 (經歷)jīng lìto experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì))
学历 (學歷)xué lìeducational background; academic qualifications
简历 (簡歷)jiǎn lìcurriculum vitae (CV); résumé
历程 (歷程)lì chéngcourse; process
历任 (歷任)lì rèn(of one person) to hold the successive posts of; (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)
史上shǐ shàngin history
史料shǐ liàohistorical material or data
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state

See also: Japanese symbol for “historian”.

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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