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芸

yún

Character

What 芸 means

1. common rue (Ruta graveolens)
2. (used in old compounds relating to books because in former times rue was used to protect books from insect damage)

Other readings

芸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yúnused in {芸薹|yún tái}

Words starting with 芸

• 芸芸众生yún yún zhòng shēngevery living being (Buddhism); the mass of common people
• 芸窗yún chuāngstudy (room)
• 芸签yún qiānbookmark; books
• 芸编yún biān(old) books
• 芸芸yún yúnnumerous; diverse and varied
• 芸草yún cǎo(botany) rue (Ruta graveolens)
• 芸豆yún dòukidney bean
• 芸阁yún géimperial library
• 芸香yún xiāng(botany) rue (Ruta graveolens)
• 芸香属yún xiāng shǔ(botany) genus Ruta
• 芸香科yún xiāng kē(botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family)
• 芸薹yún tái(botany) rape (Brassica rapa)
• 芸薹子yún tái zǐrapeseed; seed of the rape plant
• 芸薹属yún tái shǔgenus Brassica (including broccoli, cabbage, rapeseed etc)
• 芸帙yún zhì(old) books

Characters built on 云

These share the phonetic component 云 (yún), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 酝yùnto brew
• 耘yúnto weed
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Characters that look like 芸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 男nán(bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 芒mángawn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade)
• 芙fúused in 芙蓉
• 苜mùclover
• 昙tándark clouds

Sounds the same

Read yún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 云(classical) to say
• 匀even; well-distributed; uniform
• 昀sun light; used in personal name
• 筠skin of bamboo
• 纭confused; numerous
• 耘to weed
• 郧name of a feudal state
• 鋆gold
• 澐river waves
• 涢(name of a river in Hebei)
• 𤈶(yellow color)
• 畇reclaimed land