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汗青 (kansei) Japanese meaning: written history | Kotomora
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Related words 歴れき 史し The standard modern word for 'history', used in all contexts. 汗青 is an archaic, literary synonym.
史し 書しょ A more formal term for 'history book' or 'historical record', still used in modern Japanese, unlike the archaic 汗青.
Etymology From Chinese 汗青 (hànqīng), literally 'sweat green', referring to the process of preparing bamboo slips for writing by scraping off the green outer layer and wiping away moisture (sweat). The term came to mean 'historical record' or 'written history'.
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The word 汗青 comes from the old Chinese practice of wiping sweat off bamboo slips before writing on them.
