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Kanji Detail for 藝 - "art, skill, talent"
藝
- Meaning
藝 means "art, skill, talent."
Art - A skill; a craft.
Talent - An ability; a gift.
Plant - To cultivate; to grow.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
art; craft; performance; acting; trick; stunt
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
art; talent, ability; craft
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
skill; art
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
art; talent, ability; craft
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Talent and ability. Both scholarship and technical skills are called 藝. Such as anciently the rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics were called the six arts. | Literature. Such as bibliographic records also being called 藝文志 (treatise on arts and literature). The Book of Documents says "Return to honor the artistic ancestor." Referring to the cultured ancestor. One explanation is that 藝祖 means the founding ancestor. Such as Tang Taizu, Song Taizu. Both are called 藝祖. This is the meaning. | Interchangeable with 蓺. To plant. Mencius says "Plant and cultivate the five grains." - Middle part follows 埶. Pronounced 乂. This is the original character for planting.
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