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Kanji Detail for 術 - "art, technique, method"

術

  • Meaning

    術 means "art, technique, method."

    1. Art - A skill or craft; technique.

    2. Method - A way of doing something; a procedure.

    3. Technique - A method of execution; skill.

    4. Strategy - A plan; a scheme.

  • Words using 術

    • 技術 ぎじゅつ Listen technology; engineering; technique
    • 美術 びじゅつ Listen art; fine arts
    • 手術 しゅじゅつ Listen surgery; operation; procedure
    • 美術館 びじゅつかん Listen art museum; art gallery
    • 戦術 せんじゅつ Listen tactics
    • 技術者 ぎじゅつしゃ Listen engineer; technical expert; technician
    • 学術 がくじゅつ Listen science; learning; scholarship
    • 技術的 ぎじゅつてき Listen technical; technological; practical

  • Four-character idioms with 術

    • 権謀術数 けんぼうじゅっすう Listen trickery; wiles; finesse
    • 人海戦術 じんかいせんじゅつ Listen human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
    • 権謀術策 けんぼうじゅっさく Listen trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others

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    • Verified meaning: art, technique, method
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read てだて, やすし)

    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 術

    Given names 術(てだて)Listen

    Surnames 術(やすし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    art; technique; skill; means; trick; resources; magic

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    art, skill, special feat; method, technique

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    method; technique

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    skill, art; method, technique; trick

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

    Skill and technique. Such as practitioners of arts and methods are also called 術士 (practitioners). | All methods of implementation are called 術. Such as saying 不學無術 (having no learning and no skills).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jutsu(ジュツ) ジュツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sube(すべ) すべ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    行 (gyo・gyogamae・yukigamae)

  • Related Keywords

    art method technique path route plan scheme strategy skill ability approach craft design dexterity expertise finesse knack know-how mastery procedure proficiency

Sentences including 術

  • You have to have an operation.

  • She will be a famous artist in the future.

  • I'm studying art at school.

  • I would like to see my art teacher this afternoon.

  • This is shorthand.

  • The doctor decided to operate at once.

  • This we can call a work of art.

  • When was it that you visited the museum?

  • My dream is to become an artist.

  • Does this bus go to the museum?

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