芸

See also: 艺, 蕓, and 藝

Translingual

shinjitai	芸芸芸
simplified	芸芸艺
traditional	芸蕓藝

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 艸 + phonetic 云

Exists as traditional character, also Chinese and Japanese Simplified from 蕓 (elimination of 雨), and Japanese Simplified from 藝 (elimination of 埶); Chinese simplification of 藝 is 艺.

Han character

芸 (radical 140 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿一一戈 (TMMI), four-corner 4473₁, composition ⿱艹云)

1. rue, herb used to keep insects away
2. to cut grass or weeds
3. art, talent, ability, craft, technique, performance, acting, trick, stunt (as Japanese simplification of 藝)

References

• KangXi: page 1021, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30741
• Dae Jaweon: page 1480, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3178, character 4
• Unihan data for U+82B8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

芸 (traditional 蕓, Yale wan4)

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Japanese

Kanji

芸

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji)

1. (derived from 藝) technique, art, craft, performance
2. (derived from 蕓) rue, the herb

Readings

• Goon: (derived from 藝) げ (ge)
• Kan’on: (derived from 藝) げい (gei)
• On (unclassified): (derived from 蕓) うん (un)
• Nanori: き (ki), げ (ge), なり (nari)

Compounds

Compounds

芸者 (げいしゃ, geisha) 芸子 (げいこ, geiko) 芸術 (げいじゅつ, geijutsu)

腹芸 (はらげい, haragei)

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Korean

Hanja

芸 (un) (hangeul 운, revised un, McCune-Reischauer un, Yale wun)

1. rue, herb used to keep insects away
2. to cut grass or weeds
3. art
4. talent, ability, craft
5. technique
6. performance, acting
7. trick
8. stunt

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Mandarin

Hanzi

芸 (traditional 蕓, Pinyin yún (yun2), Wade-Giles yün²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

芸 (vân)

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