历 代 志 上

Lìdàizhìshàng

First book of Chronicles

Traditional 歷代志上

Meaning

Lìdàizhìshàngli4 dai4 zhi4 shang4

4 strokes

5 strokes

7 strokes

3 strokes

Lì · history; calendar

Radical 厂 · 4 strokes · Parts 厂力

Pictophonetic: calendar

dài · era, generation; to substitute for, to replace

Radical 亻 · 5 strokes · Parts 亻弋

Ideographic: A man 亻 caught 弋 by the passing of time

zhì · determination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write

Radical 心 · 7 strokes · Parts 士心

Ideographic: The mind 心 of a scholar 士; 士 also provides the pronunciation

shàng · above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

Radical 一 · 3 strokes · Parts ⺊一

Ideographic: One stroke on top of another; compare 下 (below)

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.