艺术类 (yì shù lèi) — arts (as a category or discipline, e.g., in education or classification)

Definition

noun
arts (as a category or discipline, e.g., in education or classification)

Examples

  • 艺术类。
    Tā bào kǎo le yì suǒ yì shù lèi dà xué.
    She applied to an arts university.
  • 艺术类，。
    Zhè běn shū shǔ yú yì shù lèi, bú zài wén xué lèi.
    This book belongs to the arts category, not literature.
  • 艺术类。
    yì shù lèi De kè chéng zài xuǎn kè shí hěn shòu huān yíng.
    Arts courses are very popular when choosing classes.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

艺术art
艺yìart术shùtechnique
联合Side by side
类lèicategory

艺 and 术 together mean art, and 类 means category, so it is the arts category.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
乙
乙yǐ艺yì
Same sound today

In 艺, the top 艹 points to plants, and the lower 乙 gives the sound.

Open 艺 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 術; 术 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
行行xíngstreet, path
Sound part声符shēngfú
朮
朮zhú術shù
Same sound today

The traditional form 術 has 行 (street, path) beside 朮, which gives the sound; the simplified 术 is a later shorthand.

Open 术 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 類; 类 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
頪
頪lèi類lèi
Same sound today

The traditional form 類 pairs 犬, which relates to the meaning, with 頪, which gives the sound. The simplified 类 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 类 →

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