# 芸

| 芸 | U+82B8, &#33464; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82B8 |
| ← 芷 [U+82B7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 芹 → [U+82B9] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 芸 蕓 芸 |
| Simplified | 芸 芸 艺 |
| Traditional | 芸 蕓 藝 |

### Han character

芸 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 廿一一戈 (TMMI), four-corner 4473$_1$, composition ⿱艹云)

#### Derived characters

* 𠊁, 𫰼, 𣶽, 𦓷, 𩸜, 𫶮, 𣦀, 𧅟

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1021, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30741
* Dae Jaweon: page 1480, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3178, character 4
* Unihan data for U+82B8

#### Usage notes

This character was originally independent from 蕓, but later is also used to simplify it in Simplified Chinese; in Japanese, it is the simplified form of 藝, which was simplified differently in Chinese.

## Chinese
### Glyph origin 1

| | Old Chinese |
| 魂 | *ɢuːn |
| 沄 | *ɢuːn, *ɢun |
| 忶 | *ɢuːn, *ɢuns |
| 囩 | *ɢun |
| 夽 | *ŋunʔ |
| 雲 | *ɢun |
| 芸 | *ɢun |
| 耘 | *ɢun |
| 妘 | *ɢun |
| 紜 | *ɢun |
| 云 | *ɢun |
| 耺 | *ɢun |
| 蕓 | *ɢun |
| 澐 | *ɢun |
| 橒 | *ɢun |
| 抎 | *ɢunʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢun): semantic 艸 + phonetic 云 (OC *ɢun).

#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yún (yun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wan$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ûn / în
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ung$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yun
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yún
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yún
*** Wade–Giles: yün$^2$
*** Yale: yún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yun
*** Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /yn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wan$^4$
*** Yale: wàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐn²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûn
*** Tâi-lô: ûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uun
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /un²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /un²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: în
*** Tâi-lô: în
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iin
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /in¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ung$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ûng
*** Sinological IPA : /uŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yun
*** MiniDict: yuin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhyn
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦyn²³/
* Middle Chinese: hjun
Rime :
| Character | 芸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 文 (59) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 王分切 |
| Baxter | hjun |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɨun/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦiun/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦun/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuən/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭuən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯uən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢun/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 芸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yún |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hjun › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷə[n]/ |
| English | ample, rich |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 芸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16359 |
| Phonetic component | 云 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 雲 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢun/ |

##### Definitions

芸
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of vegetable
* Short for 芸香 (yúnxiāng).
* Used in 芸臺／芸台 (yúntái).
* Used in 芸芸 (yúnyún).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 耘 (yún, “to weed”)
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 舍己芸人
* 芸吏
* 芸夫
* 芸帙
* 芸庶
* 芸扃
* 芸生
* 芸省
* 芸窗
* 芸簡 / 芸简
* 芸籤 / 芸签
* 芸編 / 芸编
* 芸署
* 芸耨
* 芸芸 (yúnyún)
* 芸芸眾生 / 芸芸众生 (yúnyúnzhòngshēng)
* 芸草
* 芸輝 / 芸辉
* 芸鋤 / 芸锄
* 芸閣 / 芸阁
* 芸館 / 芸馆
* 芸香 (yúnxiāng)
* 芸香吏
* 芸香科
* 芸香署
* 芸香閣 / 芸香阁

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yùn (yun$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yùn
*** Wade–Giles: yün$^4$
*** Yale: yùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yunn
*** Palladius: юнь (junʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /yn⁵¹/

##### Definitions

芸
* deep yellow (like dried plants)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Tiáo zhī huá, yùn qí huáng yǐ. [Pinyin]
    The flowers of the bignonia are of a deep yellow.

##### Compounds

* 芸黃 / 芸黄

### Glyph origin 2

Simplified Chinese. An analogization of simplifying 雲 / 云 (yún) into 云 (yún).

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 芸 – see 蕓. (This character is the simplified form of 蕓).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese
### Glyph origin 1

| Shinjitai | 芸 |
| Kyūjitai | 藝 |
Derived from 藝.

#### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 藝)
* technique, art, craft, performance
* Short for 安芸国 (Aki no kuni, “Aki Province”).

##### Readings

* Go-on: げい (gei, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: げい (gei, Jōyō)

#### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 芸
* げい Grade: 4
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 藝 (kyūjitai)
From Middle Chinese 藝 / 艺 (ngjiej$^H$, “art, skill”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げー [géꜜè] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɡe̞ː]

#### Noun

芸(げい) • (gei)
* art, craft, technique, performance
    芸(げい)の肥(こ)やし
       gei no koyashi
       (please add an English translation of this example)
* trick (of animals)
    犬(いぬ)に芸(げい)を教(おし)える
       inu ni gei o oshieru
       to teach a dog tricks

##### Compounds

* 芸者(げいしゃ) (geisha)
* 芸子(げいこ) (geiko)
* 芸術(げいじゅつ) (geijutsu)
* 腹芸(はらげい) (haragei)

### Glyph origin 2

Originally derived from 蕓 into a separate character; not a shinjitai form.

#### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* rue (herb)

##### Readings

* Go-on: うん (un)
* Kan-on: うん (un)

##### Compounds

* 芸亭(うんてい) (Untei, Japan's first public library)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

芸 • (un) (hangeul 운, revised un, McCune–Reischauer un, Yale wun)
* rue, herb used to keep insects away
* to cut grass or weeds
* art
* talent, ability, craft
* technique
* performance, acting
* trick
* stunt

## Vietnamese
### Han character

芸: Hán Nôm readings: vân
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.