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Kanji Detail for 業 - "work, deed"

業

  • Meaning

    業 means "work, deed." Also associated with skill.

    1. Work - Occupation; profession; task.

    2. Deed - An action; behavior; conduct.

    3. Skill - Technical ability; expertise.

    4. Karma - Results of past actions; fate.

  • Words using 業

    • 事業 じぎょう Listen business; enterprise; venture
    • 企業 きぎょう Listen enterprise; business; company
    • 作業 さぎょう Listen work; operation; task
    • 業界 ぎょうかい Listen business world; business circles; (the) industry
    • 業者 ぎょうしゃ Listen trader; dealer; businessperson
    • 産業 さんぎょう Listen industry
    • 農業 のうぎょう Listen agriculture; farming
    • 営業 えいぎょう Listen business; trade; operations

  • Four-character idioms with 業

    • 自業自得 じごうじとく Listen paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions)
    • 人気稼業 にんきかぎょう Listen popular occupation; occupation largely dependent on public favor
    • 創業守成 そうぎょうしゅせい Listen starting an enterprise and (or) carrying it to final success
    • 同盟罷業 どうめいひぎょう Listen strike

  • Tattoo check: 業

    • Verified meaning: work, deed
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぎょう, ごう, はじめ)
    • Also carries these associations: skill

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 業

    Given names 業(ごう)Listen

    Surnames 業(ぎょう)Listen 業(はじめ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    business; vocation; arts; performance

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    profession, business, trade

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Ye

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    business, profession; to study, to work

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An ancient counting device. Wood carved with saw-teeth to record daily affairs. When one affair is finished, one notch is removed. When all are finished, all are removed, called 修業 (completing work). Now schools have 修業 (studying) and 畢業 (graduating), based on this. Extended, all affairs are called 業. Such as 學業 (studies), 職業 (occupation). Also property is called 業. Such as 家業 (family business), 產業 (property). | To engage in something is called 業. Such as 業農 (farming), 業儒 (Confucian scholar). | Already done is called 業. Such as 業已如此 (already so). | Appearance of anxiety and fear. Such as 兢兢業業 (trembling with fear). | In Buddhism, evil causes are called 業. Such as 口業 (verbal karma), 業障 (karmic obstruction).

  • Onyomi

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    goh(ゴウ) ゴウ

    gyoh(ギョウ) ギョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    waza(わざ) わざ

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    work deed skill action already anger effort karma livelihood business profession ability behavior calling career conduct craft destiny duty employment enterprise expertise fate industry job occupation performance task trade vocation

Sentences including 業

  • What will you do after graduation?

  • He stayed late and worked overtime.

  • What hours is it open?

  • She would often come late for school.

  • He went to a college of agriculture.

  • They are in class.

  • There were quite a few students absent from class today.

  • It being sunday , there was no school.

  • On graduating from college , she got married.

  • After he left school , he went to london.

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