Character Contained In References Comments
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traditional formhandwritten form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
史 屮
Mandarin
shi4, dian4, zhi4
English
Definitions
affair; work; matter; item; thing; accident; business; incident; to serve
Mnemonic
A written account 史 from which something germinates 屮 (shuowen says 之 [abbreviated] is phonetic)