芸

See also: 艺, 蕓, and 藝

Translingual

Japanese	芸 蕓 芸
Simplified	芸 芸 艺
Traditional	芸 蕓 藝

Han character

芸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿一一戈 (TMMI), four-corner 4473₁, composition ⿱艹云)

Derived characters

• 𠊁, 𫰼, 𣶽, 𦓷, 𩸜, 𫶮, 𣦀, 𧅟

References

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

Usage notes

This character was originally derived from 蕓, and is also used to simplify it in Traditional Chinese; in Japanese, it is the simplified form of 藝, which was simplified differently in Chinese.

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Chinese

Glyph origin 1

trad.		芸
simp. #		芸

Characters in the same phonetic series (云) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
魂	*ɢuːn
沄	*ɢuːn, *ɢun
忶	*ɢuːn, *ɢuns
囩	*ɢun
夽	*ŋunʔ
雲	*ɢun
芸	*ɢun
耘	*ɢun
妘	*ɢun
紜	*ɢun
云	*ɢun
耺	*ɢun
蕓	*ɢun
澐	*ɢun
橒	*ɢun
抎	*ɢunʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢun) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 云 (OC *ɢun).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 芸

1. rue
2. ^† a type of vegetable
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 耘 (yún, “to weed”).
4. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùn (yun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùn
    • Wade–Giles: yün⁴
    • Yale: yùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunn
    • Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 芸

1. deep yellow (like dried plants)

   • 苕之華，芸其黃矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     苕之华，芸其黄矣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Tiáo zhī huá, yùn qí huáng yǐ. [Pinyin]

     The flowers of the bignonia are of a deep yellow.

Glyph origin 2

Simplified Chinese. An analogization of simplifying 雲／云 (yún) into 云 (yún).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 芸 – see 蕓. (This character is the simplified form of 蕓).

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

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Japanese

Glyph origin 1

Shinjitai	芸
Kyūjitai	藝

Derived from 藝.

Kanji

芸

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 藝)

1. technique, art, craft, performance
2. Short for 安芸国 (Aki no kuni, “Aki Province”).

Readings

• Go-on: げい (gei, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: げい (gei, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
芸
げい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
藝 (kyūjitai)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 藝／艺 (ngjiej^H, “art, skill”).

Noun

1. art, craft, technique, performance
2. trick (of animals)

   犬(いぬ)に芸(げい)を教(おし)える

   inu ni gei o oshieru

   to teach a dog tricks

Compounds

Derived terms

• 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)

Glyph origin 2

Originally derived from 蕓 into a separate character; not a shinjitai form.

Kanji

芸

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. rue (the herb)

Readings

• Go-on: うん (un)
• Kan-on: うん (un)

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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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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 芸 (vân)

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