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See also: 艺, 芸, and 兿

Traditional	藝
Shinjitai	芸
Simplified	艺

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

trad.		藝
simp.		艺
alternative forms		埶蓺㙯秇萟

	Old Chinese
褹	ŋr'eːds, ŋeds
勢	*hŋjeds
藝	*ŋeds
囈	*ŋeds
埶	*ŋeds
蓺	*ŋeds
槸	*ŋeds
爇	*ŋʷjed
褻	*sŋed
暬	*sŋed
熱	*ŋjed
槷	*ŋeːd

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ngai⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ngai⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngi

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngi⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): ngiê
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): gē / gōe

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghoi⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Yale: yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngai⁶
  - Yale: ngaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ngai⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡai³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiɛ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gē
  - Tâi-lô: gē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ge
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɡe⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡe²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡe³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōe
  - Tâi-lô: guē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goe
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɡue⁴¹/

Note: gōe - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghoi⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gōi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡoi¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gni
  - MiniDict: nyi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/

Dialectal data

Middle Chinese: ngjiejH

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋet-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋeds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	藝
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjiej^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋet-s/ (MC I!)
English	cultivation, art, skill
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	藝
Reading #	1/1
No.	15090
Phonetic component	埶
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	藝
Old Chinese	/*ŋeds/
Notes	蓺六藝分化字

藝

art
文藝／文艺 ― wényì ― literature and art
skill; talent
技藝／技艺 ― jìyì ― skill

手藝／手艺 ― shǒuyì ― craftsmanship
(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.
(literary) to plant; to grow

“藝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

藝

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 芸)

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))

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)

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

藝 • (nghề)

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

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