Chinese symbol for “geisha”
艺妓
yì jì
Traditional: 藝妓
geisha (Japanese female entertainer); also written 艺伎 (yì jì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for geisha is 艺妓 (yì jì), defined as: geisha (Japanese female entertainer); also written 艺伎 (yì jì).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “geisha”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 艺妓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艺术 (藝術) | yì shù | art |
| 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 |
| 妓女 | jì nǚ | prostitute; hooker |
| 妓院 | jì yuàn | brothel; whorehouse |
See also: Japanese symbol for “geisha”.
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.