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Chinese
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female; woman; daughter
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scribe; annalist; record-keeper scribe; annalist; record-keeper; history
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trad. (女史)
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女
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史
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simp. #(女史)
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女
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史
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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女
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史
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Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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nǚ
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shǐ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nrjoX ›
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‹ sriX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*nraʔ/
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/*s-rəʔ/
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English
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female
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scribe
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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女
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史
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Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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No.
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9616
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11487
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Phonetic component
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女
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史
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Rime group
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魚
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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史
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Old Chinese
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/*naʔ/
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/*srɯʔ/
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Noun
女史
- (historical) a female secretary or attendant of the imperial household (woman in charge of the protocols, literacy, record-keeping, or scribal work, etc.)
陳《女圖》以鏡監兮,顧女史而問《詩》。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
陈《女图》以镜监兮,顾女史而问《诗》。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
- Chén “Nǚtú” yǐ jìngjiàn xī, gù nǚshǐ ér wèn “Shī”.
- Reflecting upon myself before the Portraits of Exemplar Women, I call upon the court lady to instruct me with the Book of Poetry.
漢武帝有禁中起居注,後漢馬皇后撰明帝起居注,則漢起居注似在宮中,為女史之任。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
汉武帝有禁中起居注,后汉马皇后撰明帝起居注,则汉起居注似在宫中,为女史之任。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- From: Du You, Tongdian, 766 – 801 CE
- Hànwǔdì yǒu jìnzhōng qǐjūzhù, Hòuhàn Mǎ Huánghòu zhuàn Míngdì qǐjūzhù, zé Hàn qǐjūzhù sì zài gōngzhōng, wéi nǚshǐ zhī rèn.
- (For) Emperor Wu of Han there were the Palace Records; Empress Ma of the Latter Han wrote the Records of Emperor Ming. Thus it appears that the imperial Records were under the jurisdiction of the (private) palace and charged to the female secretaries in the era of Han.
- (literary) an educated woman; a female scholar
- (literary, uncommon) title for woman; Ms.
- Synonym: 女士 (nǚshì)
- (historiography, feminism) feminist history; herstory
Proper noun
女史
- (Chinese astronomy) 31 Draconis (traditional Chinese name for the star system)
Japanese
Noun
女史 • (joshi)
- (ancient China) The title of one type of lady-in-waiting. During the Zhou Dynasty, this position was thought to be responsible for protocol and etiquette, changing during the Han Dynasty to handle the records of the inner palace.
- (ancient Japan) The title of one type of lady-in-waiting under the Ritsuryō system.
- Generic honorific suffix for women: Ms. / Miss / Mrs.
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