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藝

藝 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 植物を植える。
  2. 技。才能。
  3. 人前で演じるための特別な技。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「艸」 + 音符「㙯」。「うえる」を意味する漢語｛藝｝を表す字。のち仮借して「わざ」を意味する同音異義語｛藝｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゲイ
  • ウン
Kun (native)
  • う(える)
  • のり
  • わざ
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글ye
  • Hán-ViệtNghệ

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+85DD

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹㙯

Words using this kanji

  • 藝大げいだいTokyo University of Arts (abbr)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-15
Four Corner
4473.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k4.12
Heisig
2440
Nelson
4084