ChiramiN4 kanji · 13 strokes
業 means business, work
業
業Memory trick
A tree (木) piled high with tools and work: business, a trade.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- business, vocation, arts, performance
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) わざ waza
わざ (waza) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) ギョウ gyou
ギョウ (gyou) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ゴウ gou
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Common word
事業 じぎょう · jigyou
business, enterprise
Built from
- 丨 a line
- 一 one
- 羊 sheep
- 王 king, jewel
- 丷 split apart
- 木 tree
- 耒 plough
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羊 Used in 25 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4丷 Used in 140 kanji
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What does 業 mean?
Right: 業 means business, work.Not quite: 業 means business, work.In 事業, which reading does 業 use?
Right. 事業 is read じぎょう (jigyou): 業 takes ギョウ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 事業 is read じぎょう (jigyou): 業 takes ギョウ, its reading from Chinese.