The kanji 伎 primarily conveys the meaning of "skill," "talent," or "artistry," especially in performing arts and entertainment. It often implies a high degree of skill and proficiency in a particular craft.

・On-yomi (音読み): ギ (gi) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None commonly used.

⚫︎伎芸（ぎげい） Translation: Performing arts; skill; talent. ⚫︎伎人（ぎにん） Translation: A performer; an entertainer. ⚫︎歌舞伎（かぶき） Translation: Kabuki (a classical Japanese dance-drama). This is written with other kanji characters.

The kanji 伎 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. It combines the radical 亻, which is the "person" radical (also written as 人), with the phonetic component 支 (shi), which suggests the sound and sometimes the meaning of support or branch. Thus, 伎 originally depicted a person (亻) who is skilled or supported (支) in a certain art or skill.