艺 yì skill; art

Made up of [艹 cǎo grass; herb radical 140, 乚 yǐ hidden; concealed; small radical 5]
Alternative traditional form of character: 藝
Made with 4 strokes.

Originally a person kneeling by a tree suggesting 'planting'. 'Yi' is also the phonetic. It now refers to skills in general not just planting

Related characters


Also uses 艹 cǎo component: 菜 cài (vegetable) 草 cǎo (grass) ; 茶 chá (tea) ; 懂 dǒng (to understand) ; 花 huā (flower) ; 节 jié (joint) ; 苦 kǔ (bitter) ; 蓝 lán (blue) ; 劳 láo (to toil) ; 满 mǎn (to fill) ; 猫 māo (cat) ; 蒙 měng (Mongol) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 苹 píng (apple) ; 葡 pú (grape) ; 前 qián (front) ; 若 ruò (to seem) ; 苏 sū (revive) ; 萄 táo (grapes) ; 药 yào (medicine) ; 英 yīng (flower) ; 藏 zàng (treasury) ; 蒸 zhēng (to steam)
Also uses 乚 yǐ component: 吃 chī (to eat) 曷 hé (why) ; 九 jiǔ (nine) ; 孔 kǒng (great) ; 礼 lǐ (ceremony) ; 令 lìng (to order) ; 乱 luàn (in confusion or disorder) ; 卖 mài (sell) ; 买 mǎi (buy) ; 习 xí (to practice) ; 也 yě (also) ; 亿 yì (100,000,000) ; 忆 yì (to recollect) ; 以 yǐ (to use)

Sounds same

易 yì (easy) ; 亿 yì (100,000,000) ; 益 yì ; 义 yì (justice) ; 亦 yì (also) ; 邑 yì (city) ; 弋 yì (catch) ; 忆 yì (to recollect) ; 意 yì (idea) ; 异 yì (different)

Different tone

一 yī (one) ; 医 yī (doctor) ; 衤 yī (clothes) ; 衣 yī (clothes) ; 颐 yí ; 宜 yí (proper) ; 夷 yí (barbarians) ; 乚 yǐ (hidden) ; 以 yǐ (to use) ; 椅 yǐ (chair) ; 已 yǐ (already) ; 乙 yǐ (twist)

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Proverbs

赐子千金不如教子一艺 cì zǐ qiān jīn bù rú jiào zǐ yī yì Learning a new skill will pay dividends in the future