yì, yún
Japanese variant of 藝|艺[yì]
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕓.
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 芸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
books and libraries | ||
every living being (Buddhism) | ||
numerous | ||
kidney bean | ||
Rutaceae |
Sources