芸

See also: 艺, 蕓, and 藝

芸 U+82B8, 芸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82B8 ← 芷 [U+82B7] CJK Unified Ideographs 芹 → [U+82B9]

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: 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 independent from 蕓, but later is also used to simplify it in Simplified 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
alternative forms		𦱚 蒷

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, OC *ɢun): semantic 艸 + phonetic 云 (OC *ɢun).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yún (yun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): ung⁵
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhyn (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yún
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ
    • Wade–Giles: yün2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yun
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yún
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴
    • Yale: wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhyn (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦʏɲ²³/

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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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wan4

• 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/

Definitions

芸

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

Compounds

• 舍己芸人
• 芸人
• 芸吏
• 芸夫
• 芸帙
• 芸庶
• 芸扃
• 芸生
• 芸省

• 芸窗
• 芸簡／芸简
• 芸籤／芸签
• 芸編／芸编
• 芸署
• 芸耨
• 芸芸 (yúnyún)
• 芸芸眾生／芸芸众生 (yúnyúnzhòngshēng)
• 芸草

• 芸輝／芸辉
• 芸鋤／芸锄
• 芸閣／芸阁
• 芸館／芸馆
• 芸香 (yúnxiāng)
• 芸香吏
• 芸香科
• 芸香署
• 芸香閣／芸香阁

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùn (yun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ

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

Definitions

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, circa 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.

Compounds

• 芸黃／芸黄

Glyph origin 2

Simplified Chinese. An analogization of simplifying 雲 into 云.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 芸 – see 蕓. (This character, 芸, 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

(grade 4 “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 Middle Chinese 藝 (ngjiej^H, “art, skill”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) げ​ー [géꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ː]

Noun

芸(げい) • (gei)  (kyūjitai 藝)

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

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. rue (the herb)

   芸(うん)亭(てい)

   Untei

   Untei (Japan's first public library)

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

芸: Hán Nôm readings: vân

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