芸

See also: 艺, 蕓, and 藝

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TranslingualEdit

Traditional	藝
Shinjitai	芸
Simplified	艺

Shinjitai	芸芸芸
Simplified	芸芸艺
Traditional	芸蕓藝

EtymologyEdit

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

Exists as traditional character, also Chinese and Japanese Simplified from 蕓 (elimination of 雨), and Japanese Simplified from 藝 (elimination of 埶); Chinese simplification of 藝 is 艺.

Han characterEdit

芸 (radical 140 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿一一戈 (TMMI), four-corner 4473₁, composition ⿱艹云)

ReferencesEdit

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

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ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

simp. and trad.		芸

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yún (yun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yún
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yün²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yun
    • IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴
    • Yale: wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɨun/▼

Rime
Character	芸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	王分切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨun/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiun/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦun/
Li Rong	/ɣiuən/
Wang Li	/ɣĭuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯uən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yún

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢun/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	芸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yún
Middle Chinese	‹ hjun ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/
English	ample, rich
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	芸
Reading #	1/1
No.	16359
Phonetic component	云
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	雲
Old Chinese	/*ɢun/

DefinitionsEdit

芸

1. to cut grass or weeds

Etymology 2Edit

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

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

Etymology 3Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 芸 – see 藝. (This character, 芸, is a variant form of 藝.)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

芸

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji)

1. (derived from 藝) technique, art, craft, performance
2. (derived from 蕓) rue, the herb

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: (derived from 藝) げ (ge), (derived from 蕓) うん (un)
• Kan’on: (derived from 藝) げい (gei), (derived from 蕓) うん (un)
• Nanori: き (ki), ぎ (gi), きぎ (kigi), げ (ge), なり (nari)

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

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)

EtymologyEdit

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

From Middle Chinese 藝 ‎(ngjiej^H, “art, skill”).

PronunciationEdit

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) げ​い [géꜜè] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ː]

NounEdit

芸 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 藝, hiragana げい, romaji gei)

1. art, craft, technique, performance

ReferencesEdit

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

芸 (vân)

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