術

術 (Kangxi radical 144, 行+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人戈金弓 (HOICN) or 竹人戈木弓 (HOIDN), four-corner 2190₄, composition ⿴行术(G) or ⿲彳术亍(G) or ⿴行朮(HTJKV) or ⿲彳朮亍(HTJKV))

• 𣻚, 𦸇, 𪨜

• 术 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34046
• Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 826, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8853

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljud) : semantic 行 (“street, path”) + phonetic 朮 (OC *l'ud, *ɦljud).

術

1. (obsolete) street; avenue

   • 亦有甲第，當衢向術。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     亦有甲第，当衢向术。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. late 3rd century, Zuo Si (左思), The Metropolis of Shu (《蜀都賦》)

     Yìyǒu jiǎdì, dāngqú xiàngshù. [Pinyin]

     There is the most noble of mansions, standing right by the thoroughfare.

2. art; craft; skill; technique

   醫術／医术  ―  yīshù  ―  the art of healing

   學術／学术  ―  xuéshù  ―  scholarship; academics

   美術／美术  ―  měishù  ―  fine arts

   技術／技术  ―  jìshù  ―  technology

3. method; tactics

   權術／权术  ―  quánshù  ―  political manoeuvre

   心術／心术  ―  xīnshù  ―  scheme; plotting

4. Short for 手術／手术 (shǒushù, “surgery”), often used as suffix

   碎石術／碎石术  ―  suìshíshù  ―  lithotripsy

   輸精管切除術／输精管切除术  ―  shūjīngguǎn qièchúshù  ―  vasectomy

5. ^† Alternative form of 述 (shù)

• “術”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Min Nan) “Entry #7864”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. art
2. technique
3. skill
4. means
5. trick
6. resources
7. magic

• Go-on: じゅつ (jutsu, Jōyō)^{←じゆつ (zyutu, historical)}; ずち (zuchi)
• Kan-on: しゅつ (shutsu)^{←しゆつ (syutu, historical)}
• Kun: すべ (sube, 術); のべる (noberu, 術べる)^{←のぶ (nobu, 術ぶ, historical)}; ばけ (bake, 術); みち (michi, 術); わざ (waza, 術)
• Nanori: てだて (tedate); みち (michi); やす (yasu); やすし (yasushi)

From Middle Chinese 術 (MC zywit). First cited in Japanese to 920.[2]

• (Tokyo) じゅつ​ [jùtsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[3]
• (Tokyo) じゅ​つ [júꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

術(じゅつ) • (jutsu) 

1. technique
2. art
3. way, means

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Tokyo) す​べ [súꜜbè] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
• (Tokyo) すべ​ [sùbéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[3]
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝbe̞]

術(すべ) • (sube) 

1. means, way

From Middle Chinese 術 (MC zywit).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [술]

Wikisource 術 (eumhun 재주 술 (jaeju sul))

1. Hanja form^? of 술 (“wits; brains; head”).
2. Hanja form^? of 술 (“trick; trap; ruse; artifice”).
3. Hanja form^? of 술 (“talent; skill; gift; knack”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

術: Hán Việt readings: thuật, toại

1. (usually in compounds) art; craft; skill; technique