艺

yì

skill

art

Plant (艹) + sound yì (乙) = cultivated skill or art

The grass radical connects to planting and cultivation — early art was understood as tending and nurturing a living skill. 乙 provides the sound yì and carries no separate meaning here.

艹+乙→艺
乙The second heavenly stemPhonetic
艹GrassSemantic

他的技艺非常高,很多人都来向他学习。

tā de jì yì fēi cháng gāo, hěn duō rén dōu lái xiàng tā xué xí。

His skill is very high; many people come to learn from him.

这位老师傅的手艺好,做出来的东西很精细。

zhè wèi lǎo shī fu de shǒu yì hǎo, zuò chū lái de dōng xi hěn jīng xì。

This old craftsman's skill is good; the things he makes are very refined.

Words with 艺

文艺作品

wén yì zuò pǐn

literary work

园艺

yuán yì

gardening

工艺

gōng yì

arts and crafts

陶艺

táo yì

ceramic art

艺术品

yì shù pǐn

art piece

德艺双馨

dé yì shuāng xīn

(idiom) possessing both integrity and artistic skills

武艺

wǔ yì

martial art

艺术史

yì shù shǐ

art history

厨艺

chú yì

cooking skills

行为艺术

xíng wéi yì shù

performance art

六艺

liù yì

the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4])

造型艺术

zào xíng yì shù

visual arts

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