藝

See also: 艺, 芸, and 兿

Translingual

shinjitai	芸
simplified	艺
traditional	藝

Etymology

蓺 + 云

Han character

藝 (radical 140 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿土戈戈 (TGII), four-corner 4473₁, composition ⿱蓺云)

1. art
2. talent, ability
3. craft

Descendants

• 芸 艺

References

• KangXi: page 1065, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32330
• Dae Jaweon: page 1530, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3317, character 12
• Unihan data for U+85DD

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Chinese

		-
trad.		藝
simp.		艺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): gē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: i⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁶
    • Yale: ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gē
    • Tâi-lô: gē
    • IPA (Taipei): /ge³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ge²²/

Definitions

藝

1. art
   • 藝術／艺术 ("art")
2. skill; talent
   • 技藝／技艺 ("skill")
3. craft
   • 手藝／手艺 ("craftmanship, workmanship")
4. (obsolete) to plant, to grow

Usage notes

Used only in compounds

References

• "藝" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-14.
• "Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)",

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Japanese

Kanji

藝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 芸)

1. technique, art, craft, performance

Readings

• Goon: げ, (ge)
• Kan’on: げい (gei)
• Kun: (all rare) うえる (ueru), のり (nori), わざ (waza)

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Korean

Hanja

藝 (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune-Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

藝 (ngiɛ̀i)

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Vietnamese

Character

Readings

• Hán Việt: nghệ, vân
• Nôm: nghế, vân, nghề, nghệ

Etymology 1

Noun

藝 (nghệ, nghề)

1. art

   善(thiện)藝(nghệ)

   artist

2. craft, trade

   藝(nghề)業(nghiệp)

   trade

   文(văn)藝(nghề)

   literature

3. talent, ability

   武(vũ)藝(nghề)

   martial arts

References

• Jean-Louis Taberd (1838), Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum, p. A338.
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)