六藝

See also: 六艺

Chinese

		six	skill; art
trad. (六藝)		六	藝
simp. (六艺)		六	艺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liùyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ ngai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liùyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liòuyì
    • Wade–Giles: Liu⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: Lyòu-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liowyih
    • Palladius: Люи (Ljui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ ngai⁶
    • Yale: luhk ngaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ ngai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ ngei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² ŋɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuwk ngjiejH

Rime
Character	六	藝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力竹切	魚祭切
Baxter	ljuwk	ngjiejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuk̚/	/ŋiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/liuk̚/	/ŋiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/liuk̚/	/ŋjæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwk̚/	/ŋiajH/
Li Rong	/liuk̚/	/ŋiɛiH/
Wang Li	/lĭuk̚/	/ŋĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯uk̚/	/ŋi̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lù	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	luk6	ngai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.ruk  ŋet-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruɡ  ŋeds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	六	藝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liù	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ljuwk ›	‹ ngjiejH ›
Old Chinese	/*k.ruk/	/*ŋet-s/ (MC I!)
English	six	cultivation, art, skill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	六	藝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	8341	15090
Phonetic component	六	埶
Rime group	覺	祭
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	六	藝
Old Chinese	/*ruɡ/	/*ŋeds/
Notes		蓺六藝分化字

Proper noun

六藝

1. (archaic) the Six Arts which form the basis of education in ancient Chinese culture, namely rites 禮／礼 (lǐ), music 樂／乐 (yuè), archery 射 (shè), charioteering 御 (yù), calligraphy 書／书 (shū) and mathematics 數／数 (shù)
2. (archaic) the Six Classics 六經／六经 (liùjīng)
3. (archaic) the Six Styles of Calligraphy initiated during the reign of Wang Mang, founder of the Xin dynasty, namely pre-Qin script 古文 (gǔwén), non-traditional script 奇字 (qízì), seal script 篆書／篆书 (zhuànshū), clerical script 左書／左书 (zuǒshū), stamping script 繆篆／缪篆 (móuzhuàn, miùzhuàn) and bird-worm seal script 鳥蟲書／鸟虫书 (niǎochóngshū)

Synonyms

• (Six Arts): 藝文／艺文 (yìwén)