芸術

See also: 藝術

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芸	術
げい Grade: 4	じゅつ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
藝術 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 藝術, collectively the 六藝 (Liùyì, “Six Arts”) and 術數 (shùshù, “numerology”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げーじゅつ [gèéjútsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ːʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

芸(げい)術(じゅつ) • (geijutsu) 

1. the arts

See also

• 文(ぶん)芸(げい) (bungei)
• 美(び)術(じゅつ) (bijutsu)
• 音(おん)楽(がく) (ongaku)
• 総(そう)合(ごう)芸(げい)術(じゅつ) (sōgō geijutsu)
• デザイン (dezain)