伎 means “skill, performer”

き · ki

Also: deed

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

わざ, わざおぎ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ギ, キ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 6 strokes

The story

A person (亻) and 支, a hand holding a branch: picture a performer with a fan. 伎 is the ki of 歌舞伎, song, dance and skill, and Tokyo's 歌舞伎町 is named for a kabuki theater planned there after the war but never built.

Used in 歌舞伎 (kabuki, kabuki theater) and 歌舞伎町 (kabukichou, Kabukicho)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.