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Kanji Detail for 藝 - "art"

藝

  • Meaning

    藝 means "art." Also associated with talent, to plant.

    1. Art - A skill; a craft.

    2. Talent - An ability; a gift.

    3. Plant - To cultivate; to grow.

  • Tattoo check: 藝

    • Verified meaning: art
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: talent, to plant

    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.

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

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    gei(ゲイ) ゲイ

  • Kunyomi

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    nori(のり) のり

    u.eru(う-える) う-える

    waza(わざ) わざ

  • Strokes

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    18 strokes

  • Radical

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    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    art talent plant knowledge scholarship skill technique ability craft creativity expertise mastery proficiency aesthetic

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