business

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound, while and both represent the meaning. The traditional component was removed for simplification.

Components
矛 deleted component

  Deleted component

máo

  

spear

攵 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tap

is a component form of .

力 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

power

Evolution

务 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
务 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
务 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

affairs, business; must, should; affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means

Most common words with 务
Freq.
Word
Meaning

任务

mission

服务

to serve

业务

business

事务所

office

义务

duty

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 66.1541% of movies

498th most common character in movies

245th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

Unicode

U+52A1


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