業 (yè)

business; industry; occupation; study

How 業 is written

Strokes
13
Radical
丷 — eight/divide
Traditional
業
Simplified
业

Components

Common words using 業

事業 shìyè
undertaking; project; activity
企業 qǐyè
company; firm; enterprise
作業 zuòyè
school assignment; homework; work
創業 chuàngyè
to begin an undertaking; to start a major task; to initiate
商業 shāngyè
business; trade; commerce
專業 zhuānyè
specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university)
業務 yèwù
business; professional work; service
畢業 bìyè
graduation; to graduate; to finish school
職業 zhíyè
occupation; profession; vocation
行業 hángyè
industry; business
不務正業 bùwùzhèngyè
not to engage in honest work; to ignore one's proper occupation; not to attend to one's proper duties
事業心 shìyèxīn
devotion to one's work; professional ambition

業 in a sentence

今天的回家作業很多,我還沒寫完。

Jīntiān de huíjiā zuòyè hěn duō, wǒ hái méi xiěwán.

“There is a lot of homework today; I haven't finished it yet.”

How common is 業?

業 is the 130th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 46.8% of all running text.

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