Keyword
chronicle
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig402
Old form
Readings
れき
(99%)
Composed of
cliff
a bunch of trees
stop
Mnemonic

"He tried to get away from the serial killer chasing after him. Unfortunately he had to stop as he ran into a bunch of trees blocking his path. He was at the bottom of a cliff with nowhere else to go. And then the killer got to him. The End." is how the chronicle of his life ends.

Used in vocabulary (141 in total)
personal history; career
historic; historical; traditional
Examples (131 in total)
I will tell you the history of my life.
Which period of history are you studying?
How come you know so much about Japanese history?