藝

藝 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 19 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 18 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿土戈戈 (TGII), four-corner 4473₁, composition ⿱蓺云)

• 𠑢, 囈, 𡤦, 𢺐, 𣡊, 襼, 讛

• 芸 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 艺 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32330
• Dae Jaweon: page 1530, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3317, character 12
• Unihan data for U+85DD

Originally written as 埶 (OC *ŋeds). The 艸 (“grass; plant”) and 云 were added later.

藝

1. art

   文藝／文艺  ―  wényì  ―  literature and art

2. skill; talent

   技藝／技艺  ―  jìyì  ―  skill

   手藝／手艺  ―  shǒuyì  ―  craftsmanship

3. (literary) limit; bound; norm

   • 及桓子，驕泰奢侈，貪欲無藝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     及桓子，骄泰奢侈，贪欲无艺。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE

     Jí Huán Zǐ, jiāo tài shēchǐ, tān yù wú yì. [Pinyin]

     By the time of Lord Huan of Luan, [he was] excessively arrogant and extravagant; [his] greed and desires [knew] no limits.

4. (literary) to plant; to grow

• “藝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 芸)

1. technique, art, craft, performance

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: げい (gei)
• Kun: うえる (ueru); のり (nori); わざ (waza)

• The kun readings are all rare.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [je̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [예(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource 藝 (eumhun 재주 예 (jaeju ye))

1. Hanja form^? of 예 (“art, craft, technique, performance”).

• 예술 (藝術, yesul, “art”)
• 예능 (藝能, yeneung, “(public) entertainment, performing arts”)

藝: Hán Việt readings: nghệ, vân
藝: Nôm readings: nghế, vân, nghề, nghệ

藝 • (nghệ)

1. chữ Hán form of nghệ (“occupation, employment, trade, profession”).

藝 • (nghề)

1. Nôm form of nghề (“trade; profession”).

• Jean-Louis Taberd (1838), Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum, p. A338.
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)