漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
芸: technique, art
Also: craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt
JLPT N27 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 艹grass(meaning)
- 云(form)
艹 carries the meaning · 云 is drawn in
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ゲイgei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 芸げいart, performance
- 芸術げいじゅつfine arts
- 芸術家げいじゅつかartist
- 芸能げいのうpublic entertainment
- 芸者げいしゃgeisha
- 文芸ぶんげいbelles-lettres
- 手芸しゅげいhandicrafts
- 工芸こうげいindustrial arts
- 園芸えんげいgardening
Also read ウン, うえる, のり, わざ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
云
Also built on 云
Also read ゲイ
4 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side芸 technique · 艹
vs伝 transmit · 亻In ChineseSimplified 艺 · traditional 藝 · yì
Three different forms: Japanese 芸, simplified 艺, traditional 藝.
- Simplified
- 艺 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 藝 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yì most common reading
False friend. Chinese also has a character 芸 (yún), but it is a different word. The Chinese for this kanji is 艺 (simplified) or 藝 (traditional).
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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