Read Edit View history 藝 yì skill, art Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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". Pinyin Separate values with commas yì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 艺 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 藝 Simp strokes 藝 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 藝 Simp strokes 藝 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Corruption of the bottom part of the 丮 component in 埶. 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