艺
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yì · art

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4Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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艹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 艺

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yìWords pronounced yì
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Example sentences

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Bú shì suǒ yǒu rén dōu néng dāng yì shù jiā de.不是所有人都能当艺术家的。

Not everybody can be an artist.

Source: Tatoeba #4267421 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì wén yì qīng nián.她是文艺青年。

She is a young artist.

Source: Tatoeba #2348881 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā jiāng lái huì shì yí gè yǒu míng de yì shù jiā.她将来会是一个有名的艺术家。

She will be a famous artist in the future.

Source: Tatoeba #334259 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ tīng shuō nǐ shì wèi yì shù jiā.我听说你是位艺术家。

I hear you're an artist.

Source: Tatoeba #13071571 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bú shì měi gè rén dōu xiǎng chéngwéi yì shù jiā.不是每个人都想成为艺术家。

Not everybody wants to be an artist.

Source: Tatoeba #390865 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì rì běn zuì wěi dà de yì shù jiā zhīyī.他是日本最伟大的艺术家之一。

He is one of the greatest artists in Japan.

Source: Tatoeba #332835 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 艺 in context

  1. Say yì, then recall the core meaning: art.
  2. Write all 4 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 艺术 (yì shù), meaning “art”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 艺 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.