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Kanji Detail for 芸 - "art, performance, talent"

芸

  • Meaning

    芸 means "art, performance, talent."

    1. Art - A skill; a craft.

    2. Talent - An ability; a gift.

    3. Performance - Entertainment; show.

  • Words using 芸

    • 芸能 げいのう Listen public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments
    • 学芸 がくげい Listen arts and sciences; liberal arts
    • 工芸 こうげい Listen industrial arts; craft
    • 陶芸 とうげい Listen ceramic art; ceramics
    • 芸術家 げいじゅつか Listen artist
    • 園芸 えんげい Listen horticulture; gardening
    • 安芸 あき Listen Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
    • 演芸 えんげい Listen entertainment; performance

  • Four-character idioms with 芸

    • 一芸一能 いちげいいちのう Listen (excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area
    • 文芸復興 ぶんげいふっこう Listen Renaissance
    • 武芸百般 ぶげいひゃっぱん Listen every martial art; all the martial arts
    • 無芸大食 むげいたいしょく Listen lacking the talent to do anything but eat

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    • Verified meaning: art, performance, talent
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, うん, のり)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 芸

    Given names 芸(あき)Listen

    Surnames 芸(うん)Listen 芸(のり)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    technique; art; craft; performance; acting; trick; stunt

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rue, herb used to keep insects away; to cut grass or weeds; art, talent, ability, craft, technique, performance, acting, trick, stunt

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 藝|艺[yi4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    common rue; diverse, varied

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A grass name. Commonly called 芸香 (rue). Blooms yellow flowers in early summer. Both flowers and leaves are fragrant. Placed in book cases to repel bookworms. Hence books are called 芸編 (fragrant scrolls). | Interchangeable with 耘 (to weed). (Analects) "Set down his staff and weeded."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gei(ゲイ) ゲイ

    un(ウン) ウン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nori(のり) のり

    u.eru(う-える) う-える

    waza(わざ) わざ

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    art talent performance skill technique craft creativity expertise planting mowing entertainment mastery proficiency dexterity

Sentences including 芸

  • He made good as an entertainer.

  • She will be a famous artist in the future.

  • This we can call a work of art.

  • My dream is to become an artist.

  • He is something of an artist.

  • Everyone was more or less interested in the arts.

  • He is an artist in a sense.

  • Many famous artists live in new york.

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