talent

A man  who can support  someone

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

支 meaning component

  Meaning component

zhī

  

support, hold up

Evolution

伎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
伎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
伎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

talent, skill, ability; artistry; talent; skill; (in ancient times) female entertainer

Most common words with 伎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

伎俩

trick

artistry

歌舞伎

kabuki

故伎重演

to repeat an old stratagem

故伎

usual trick

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]reʔ

gjeX

skill


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.5949% of movies

2771st most common character in movies

3332nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+4F0E

Shuowen

“伎,與也。从人,支聲。《詩》曰:‘人伎忒。’”


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