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 (雨 → [[ ]]) (elimination of 雨), and Japanese Simplified from 藝 (埶 → [[ ]]) (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)

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)

• Readings

1. 芸 (蕓)
   • • On: うん (un), こん (kon), ごん (gon)
     • Kun:くさのこう (kusanokō), くさぎる (kusagiru)
2. 藝
   • • On: げい (gei)
     • Kun: わざ (waza)

Compounds

• 芸者 (げいしゃ, geisha)
• 芸術 (げいじゅつ, geijutsu, “art”)
• 腹芸 (はらげい, haragei)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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