芸術 (げいじゅつ, geijutsu) Japanese meaning: art

芸術 (げいじゅつ, geijutsu) Japanese meaning: art | Kotomora

Kanji

芸technique, art, craft
術art, technique, skill
藝art, craft, performance

Related words· 6

美び術じゅつN3
美術 refers specifically to visual arts like painting and sculpture, while 芸術 is the broader term covering music, literature, and performing arts as well.
アート
アート is a loanword used in modern, casual, or commercial contexts, whereas 芸術 sounds more formal and traditional.
芸げいN1
芸術 specifically means fine art or artistic creation, while 芸 more broadly covers any cultivated skill, trick, or performance.
芸げい能のうN2
芸術 refers broadly to art or the fine/creative arts, while 芸能 focuses specifically on performance-based entertainment such as theater, dance, or comedy.

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文ぶん芸げいN2
芸術 covers all forms of art including visual art and music, whereas 文芸 is centered on literary arts or the overlap between literature and art.
学がく芸げいN1
芸術 refers specifically to the fine arts, while 学芸 is broader, encompassing both the sciences and the arts.

Don't confuse with

学がく術じゅつN2
芸術 means art or creative expression, while 学術 means scholarship or academic research; the two share the character 術 but refer to very different fields.
技ぎ術じゅつN4
芸術 (げいじゅつ) means fine art and is easily confused with 技術 (ぎじゅつ) due to similar sound and shared kanji, but 技術 focuses on skill or technology rather than artistic expression itself.

Word family· 27

芸げい術じゅつ家かN2
artist
芸げい術じゅつ品ひん
work of art; artwork
芸げい術じゅつ学がく
art studies; science of art
芸げい術じゅつ性せい
artistry; artistic quality

Written forms

芸げい術じゅつUsage98%
Standard modern kanji form; high-frequency in news and general use.
藝げい術じゅつUsage2%
out-dated kanji form
Old-form kanji (kyūjitai); still encountered in historical contexts or proper names.
ゲイジュツUsage<1%

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 藝術 (ngiᴇiH zywit), meaning 'art, skill, craft'. The modern form 芸術 uses the simplified character 芸 (a grass radical) which is unrelated to the original 藝 (planting, art).

芸げい術じゅつ

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