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Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified
Shinjitai 芸芸芸
Simplified 芸芸
Traditional

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɢuːn
*ɢuːn, *ɢun
*ɢuːn, *ɢuns
*ɢun
*ŋunʔ
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢun
*ɢunʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢun) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *ɢun).

Exists as traditional character, also Chinese and Japanese Simplified from (elimination of ), and Japanese Simplified from (elimination of ); Chinese simplification of 藝 is .

Han character

(radical 140 +4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿一一戈 (TMMI), four-corner 44731, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1021, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30741
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1480, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3178, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+82B8

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (59)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨun/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiun/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiuən/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦun/
Li
Rong
/ɣiuən/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭuən/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯uən/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yún
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 16359
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢun/

Definitions

  1. to cut grass or weeds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“rue”).
(This character, , is the simplified form of .)
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji)

  1. (derived from ) technique, art, craft, performance
  2. (derived from ) rue, the herb

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
げい
Grade: 4
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (ngjiejH, art, skill).

Pronunciation

Noun

(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji , hiragana げい, romaji gei)

  1. art, craft, technique, performance

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

Korean

Hanja

(un) (hangeul , revised un, McCune-Reischauer un, Yale wun)

  1. rue, herb used to keep insects away
  2. to cut grass or weeds
  3. art
  4. talent, ability, craft
  5. technique
  6. performance, acting
  7. trick
  8. stunt

Vietnamese

Han character

(vân)

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