Chinese Character Wiki
业

yè

profession

Original meaning: 

attack

Simplified character from the top 5 strokes of the traditional 業. Depicts a person (大) carrying a weapon (丵). Based on the original meaning "attack". The meaning later shifted to "expand territory" and "develop business".

Components
丵 simplified,remnant component

丵  Simplified Remnant component

zhuó

  

chisel

Shorthand for the 丵 component. Depicts a chisel-shaped weapon.

大 deleted component

大  Deleted component

dà, dài

  

big

Depicts a person.

Evolution

业 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
业 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
业 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
业 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
业 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

业 (業) 

yè

profession, business, trade; line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already

业 (業) 

Yè

surname Ye

Most common words with 业
Freq.
Word
Meaning

企业

company

职业

occupation

专业

specialty

事业

undertaking

毕业

graduation

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

邺

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

显 虚

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 69.6140% of movies

490th most common character in movies

130th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

業

Unicode

U+4E1A


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