史

surname Shi

history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China

史 = 口 + 乂 : For a mission in the space station (Ø3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) has to find out the history (史) of a mandarin (口), so with a pair of pliers (乂) he took to the space station he squeezes the mandarin like an orange.

史 character breakdown

史
- 乂
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 口

乂

yì = y + Ø4

to regulate / to govern / to control / to mow

乂 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: 乂 looks like pliers. Maud Younger (y) is using pliers (乂) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to regulate (乂) and control (乂) the water flow of the sink. Using the pliers she has to pull a lot of bananas (丿) and fingers (㇏) out of the sink.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 史 as component

驶

駛

shǐ = sh + Ø3

(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed / (of a vehicle) to run; to go / (of a boat) to sail

驶 = 史 + 马 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) tells the unicorn (马) that it has to take its history (史) examination in the space station (Ø3) immediately. The unicorn is shocked and gallops (驶) away speedily (驶).

Words with 史

史

shǐ

册

冊

cè

annals

史

shǐ

学

學

xué

家

jia̅

historian

史

shǐ

实

實

shí

historical fact

史

shǐ

学

學

xué

historiography

史

shǐ

卓

zhuó

Straw (name) / Jack Straw (1946-), UK Labour Party politician, foreign secretary 2001-2006

史

shǐ

威

we̅i

士

shì

Schweppes (soft drinks company)

史

shǐ

家

jia̅

historian

史

shǐ

思

si̅

明

míng

Shi Siming (703-761), military colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], participated in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]

史

shǐ

提

tí

夫

fu̅