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Translingual
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
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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.
Chinese
Glyph origin 1
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Old Chinese
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魂
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*ɢuːn
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沄
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*ɢuːn, *ɢun
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忶
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*ɢuːn, *ɢuns
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囩
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*ɢun
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夽
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*ŋunʔ
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雲
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*ɢun
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芸
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*ɢun
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耘
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*ɢun
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妘
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*ɢun
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紜
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*ɢun
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云
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*ɢun
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耺
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*ɢun
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蕓
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*ɢun
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澐
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*ɢun
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橒
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*ɢun
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抎
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*ɢunʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɢun) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 云 (OC *ɢun).
Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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芸
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yún
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hjun ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʷə/
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English
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ample, rich
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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芸
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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16359
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Phonetic component
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云
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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雲
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Old Chinese
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/*ɢun/
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Definitions
芸
- † a kind of vegetable
- Short for 芸香 (yúnxiāng).
- Used in 芸臺/芸台 (yúntái).
- Used in 芸芸 (yúnyún).
- † Alternative form of 耘 (yún, “to weed”)
- a surname
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
芸
- deep yellow (like dried plants)
Compounds
Glyph origin 2
Simplified Chinese. An analogization of simplifying 雲/云 (yún) into 云 (yún).
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 芸 – see 蕓. (This character is the simplified form of 蕓). |
Notes: |
Japanese
Glyph origin 1
Derived from 藝.
Kanji
芸
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 藝)
- technique, art, craft, performance
- Short for 安芸国 (Aki no kuni, “Aki Province”).
Readings
Etymology
Alternative spelling
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藝 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 藝/艺 (ngjiejH, “art, skill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
芸 • (gei)
- art, craft, technique, performance
- 芸の肥やし
- gei no koyashi
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- trick (of animals)
- 犬に芸を教える
- inu ni gei o oshieru
- to teach a dog tricks
Compounds
Glyph origin 2
Originally derived from 蕓 into a separate character; not a shinjitai form.
Kanji
芸
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
- rue (the herb)
- 芸亭
- Untei
- Untei (Japan's first public library)
Readings
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
芸 • (un) (hangeul 운, revised un, McCune–Reischauer un, Yale wun)
- rue, herb used to keep insects away
- to cut grass or weeds
- art
- talent, ability, craft
- technique
- performance, acting
- trick
- stunt
Vietnamese
Han character
芸: Hán Nôm readings: vân
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