Chinese symbol for “art”
艺术
yì shù
Traditional: 藝術
art
The closest CC-CEDICT match for art is 艺术 (yì shù), defined as: art.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “art”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 术 (術) | shù | (bound form) art; skill; discipline; (bound form) method; technique; strategy |
| 美术 (美術) | měi shù | art; fine arts |
| 道 | dào | road; path (条 (tiáo),股 (gǔ)); (bound form) way; reason; principle |
| 功夫 | gōng fu | skill; art |
| 艺 (藝) | yì | skill; art |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 艺术.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艺术家 (藝術家) | yì shù jiā | artist; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng) |
| 工艺 (工藝) | gōng yì | arts and crafts; industrial arts |
| 文艺 (文藝) | wén yì | literature and art |
| 艺人 (藝人) | yì rén | entertainer; performing artist; artisan; craftsman |
| 艺术品 (藝術品) | yì shù pǐn | art piece; work of art |
| 技术 (技術) | jì shù | technology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng) |
| 学术 (學術) | xué shù | learning; science |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
See also: Japanese symbol for “art”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.