Read Edit View history Discussion 艺 yì HSK3 skill, art Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Oct 19, 2021, 03:48 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 19, 2021, 03:48 PM verify Changed fields: gloss, hint, originalMeaning, isVerified, components, customSources 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 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 Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode