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藝 = 艹 + 土 + 儿 + 丸 + 云

藝 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “technique (old)”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort), 土 (soil), 儿 (human legs), 丸 (round) and 云 (quote). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2440.

Keyword
technique (old)
RTK frame
2440
Strokes
18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゲイ, ウン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
う.える, のり, わざ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
art, техника (старая)
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
藝 art

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 土 soil
  3. 儿 human legs
  4. 丸 round
  5. 云 quote

How to find 藝 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “soil” + “human legs”. 藝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 藝 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.