芸 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yì, yún

Japanese variant of 藝|艺[yì]

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕓.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

云 Sound component

yún

clouds

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

芸

yì

Japanese variant of 藝|艺[yì]

芸

yún

common rue (Ruta graveolens); books and libraries

芸 (蕓)

yún

rue, an herb used keep insects away; see 蕓薹|芸薹[yúntái]

Most common words with 芸

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	芸	books and libraries
	芸芸众生	every living being (Buddhism)
	芸芸	numerous
	芸豆	kidney bean
	芸香	Rutaceae

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ɢ]ʷə[n]	hjun	yún	ample, rich

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3099th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	7
Traditional	蕓
Unicode	U+82B8
Shuowen	“芸，艸也，似目宿。从艸，云聲。淮南子說，芸艸可以死復生。”

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

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