艺术
yìshù · HSK 3
art
🎨 艺术 = 艺 (skill/craft) + 术 (technique/art) — skill + technique = the arts
艺 originally depicted planting/cultivating, extended to cultivated skill. 术 meant a method or technique. Together: cultivated technique, i.e. art. Same 术 appears in 技术 (technology) and 武术 (martial arts).