厨艺
chú​yì

culinary skill

厨 chú kitchen Simplified

Simplified form of 廚. Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 尌 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 MeaningSimplified component
guǎng roof
尌
尌 SoundSimplified component
shù, zhù standing (something) up

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

橱蹰

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

橱

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

艺 yì skill, art Simplified

Original meaning: to plant

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 乙 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to plant". The meaning later shifted to "skill" and "art". Simplified form of 藝.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

Change in meaning
艹 hints at the original meaning of 艺, "to plant", which is no longer the most common meaning of 艺 in modern Mandarin.
乙
乙 Sound component
yǐ second

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

呓

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

廚 chú kitchen Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 尌 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
尌
尌 Sound component
shù, zhù standing (something) up

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

櫥躕

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

櫥

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrju[d]ro kitchen

說文解字

《說文》：“廚，庖屋也。从广，尌聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

藝 yì skill, art Traditional

Original meaning: to plant

Originally written as 埶. The 艹 component was added later, based on the original meaning "to plant". The meaning later shifted to "skill" and "art".

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

Change in meaning
艹 hints at the original meaning of 藝, "to plant", which is no longer the most common meaning of 藝 in modern Mandarin.
埶
埶 SoundMeaning component
yì, shì art, skill
云
云 Unknown component
yún clouds

Corruption of the bottom part of the 丮 component in 埶.

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

囈

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjiejHŋet-s (MC I!)cultivation, art, skill

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.218
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica