Japanese symbol for “chronicles”
歴代史
れきだいし
Romaji: rekidaishi
chronicles; annals
In Japanese, chronicles is 歴代史, read れきだいし (rekidaishi).
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Meanings
- n chronicles; annals
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “chronicles”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歴代志 | れきだいし rekidaishi | The Chronicles (books of the Bible) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歴史 | れきし rekishi | history |
| 経歴 | けいれき keireki | personal history; background; career |
| 学歴 | がくれき gakureki | academic background; academic credentials; academic record |
| 歴代 | れきだい rekidai | successive generations; successive emperors |
| 履歴 | りれき rireki | personal history; background; career |
| 歴任 | れきにん rekinin | successive jobs; consecutive jobs |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
| 代表 | だいひょう daihyou | representation; representative; delegate |
| 史上 | しじょう shijou | in history; ever; historical |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.