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[edit]

Japanese	芸蕓芸
Simplified	芸芸艺
Traditional	芸蕓藝

Han character[edit]

芸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿一一戈 (TMMI), four-corner 4473₁, composition ⿱艹云)

Derived characters[edit]

𠊁, 𫰼, 𣶽, 𦓷, 𩸜, 𫶮, 𣦀, 𧅟

References[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Glyph origin 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yún (yun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ûn / în

(Teochew, Peng'im): ung⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶yun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yún
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yún
  - Wade–Giles: yün²
  - Yale: yún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yun
  - Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wan⁴
  - Yale: wàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûn
  - Tâi-lô: ûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uun
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /un²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /un²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: în
  - Tâi-lô: în
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /in¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶yun
  - MiniDict: yuin^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhyn
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyn²³/

Middle Chinese: hjun

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
Baxter	hjun
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[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùn (yun⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùn
  - Wade–Giles: yün⁴
  - Yale: yùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunn
  - Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yn⁵¹/

Definitions[edit]

芸

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, c. 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[edit]

芸黃／芸黄

Glyph origin 2[edit]

Simplified Chinese. An analogization of simplifying 雲／云 (yún) into 云 (yún).

Definitions[edit]

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

Japanese[edit]

Glyph origin 1[edit]

Shinjitai	芸
Kyūjitai	藝

Derived from 藝.

Kanji[edit]

芸

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 藝)

technique, art, craft, performance
Short for 安芸国 (Aki no kuni, “Aki Province”).

Readings[edit]

Go-on: げい (gei, Jōyō)
Kan-on: げい (gei, Jōyō)

Etymology[edit]

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

Alternative spelling
藝 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) げー [géꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡe̞ː]

Noun[edit]

芸(げい) • (gei)

art, craft, technique, performance
芸(げい)の肥(こ)やし
gei no koyashi
(please add an English translation of this example)
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[edit]

Derived terms

Glyph origin 2[edit]

Originally derived from 蕓 into a separate character; not a shinjitai form.

Kanji[edit]

芸

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

rue (the herb)
芸(うん)亭(てい)
Untei
Untei (Japan's first public library)

Readings[edit]

Go-on: うん (un)
Kan-on: うん (un)

References[edit]

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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[edit]

Han character[edit]

芸: Hán Nôm readings: vân

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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