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Kanji Information Sheet for 歴 ( 
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| English: curriculum continuation passage of time | On-Yomi: レキ レッキ | Kun-Yomi: No Kun-yomi readings found for this kanji |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
厂 (がんだれ) – cliff
止 (とめる) – stop
厂 (がんだれ) – cliff
止 (とめる) – stop
Henshall Mnemonic: history stops with indoor rice plants?!
Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #632 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #632 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 履歴 [りれき]
(n) personal history; background; career; log [K] [D] [Jisho] - 学歴 [がくれき]
(n) academic background [K] [D] [Jisho] - 経歴 [けいれき]
(n) personal history; career [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 履歴書 [りれきしょ]
(n) personal history; curriculum vitae; resume [K] [D] [Jisho] - 職歴 [しょくれき]
(n) work experience; work history [K] [D] [Jisho] - 前歴 [ぜんれき]
(n) personal history [K] [D] [Jisho] - 略歴 [りゃくれき]
(n) brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV [K] [D] [Jisho] - 遍歴 [へんれき]
(n,vs) travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 披歴 [ひれき]
(n,vs) express one's opinion; make known; reveal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歴史的 [れきしてき]
(adj-na) historic; historical; traditional [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歴然 [れきぜん]
(adj-na,n) evident [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歴然と [れきぜんと]
(adv) evident [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歴代 [れきだい]
(n) successive generations; successive emperors [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歴任 [れきにん]
(n,vs) successive jobs; consecutive jobs [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歴訪 [れきほう]
(n) round of calls; tour of visitation [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.