国史

See also: 國史

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国史 – see 國史 (“history of a nation; national history; court historian”). (This term is the simplified form of 國史).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	史
こく Grade: 2	し Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
國史 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​くし [kóꜜkùshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) こくし [kòkúshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̊ᵝɕi]

Noun

国(こく)史(し) • (kokushi) 

1. the national history
2. Japanese history

   Synonym: 日本史 (Nihonshi)

   • 1922, 内(ない)藤(とう)湖(こ)南(なん) [Naitō Konan], 日(に)本(ほん)文(ぶん)化(か)の独(どく)立(りつ) (Nihon Bunka no Dokuritsu)‎^[1]:

     どなたでも國(こく)史(し)の研(けん)究(きう)に志(こころざし)ある人(ひと)は北(きた)畠(ばたけ)親(ちか)房(ふさ)の神(じん)皇(わう)正(しやう)統(とう)記(き)を御(ご)覽(らん)になつて居(ゐ)ると思(おも)ひますが、 […]

     Donata de mo kokushi no kenkyū ni kokorozashi aru hito wa Kitabatake Chikafusa no Jinnō Shōtōki o goran ni natte iru to omoimasu ga, […]

     I am sure that everyone who is interested in the study of Japanese history has read the Jinnō Shōtōki by Kitabatake Chikafusa, […]

Usage notes

The term was officially used as a name of a school subject until the end of WWII, and replaced by the term 日(に)本(ほん)史(し) (Nihonshi).