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Art
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingゲイ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4Level 14

Meanings

  1. art
    彼は美術工芸を学校で教えている。He teaches arts and crafts in a school.tatoeba
    他の芸能との違いDifferences between rakugo and other performing artswiki
  2. techniqueRtK
  3. craft
  4. performance
  5. acting
  6. trick
  7. stunt
  1. accomplishment
  2. artistic skill

Popular Usage

芸術園芸芸能工芸学芸

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · rising cloud · two (二) · elbow · wall

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 450

Compound words

芸術げいじゅつ
art; the arts
園芸えんげい
horticulture; gardening
芸能げいのう
public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments
工芸こうげい
industrial arts; craft
芸術祭げいじゅつさい
art festival
学芸がくげい
arts and sciences; liberal arts
演芸えんげい
entertainment; performance
芸者げいしゃ
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
芸人げいにん
(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person
芸名げいめい
stage name
陶芸とうげい
ceramic art; ceramics
文芸ぶんげい
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
民芸みんげい
folk craft; folk art
安芸あき
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
芸術家げいじゅつか
artist
芸能人げいのうじん
entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality
芸術院げいじゅついん
academy of arts; arts academy
一芸いちげい
an art
伎芸ぎげい
performing art
曲芸きょくげい
acrobatics
芸妓げいぎ
geisha
芸姑げいぎ
geisha
綜芸そうげい
synthesis of varied arts
話芸わげい
(the art of) storytelling

Additional Examples

彼は日本の最高の芸術家の１人です。
He is one of the greatest artists in Japan.tatoeba
彼は二流の芸術家にすぎない。
He is nothing but a minor artist.tatoeba
彼は東洋芸術のかなりの専門家だ。
He is something of an expert on oriental art.tatoeba
芸能としての神楽
Kagura as Art for Public Entertainmentwiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Art. 艹 (plants) + 云 — the skill of growing plants, craftsmanship.

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