業 – business, vocation, arts

13 strokesTaught in grade 3#43 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 業 means business, vocation, arts, performance. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギョウ、ゴウ (gyou, gou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わざ (waza). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ギョウ	gyou
On’yomi	ゴウ	gou
Kun’yomi	わざ	waza

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: ｜・一・王・并・木・羊・耒.

Words using 業

授業じゅぎょうlesson産業さんぎょうindustry卒業そつぎょうgraduation工業こうぎょう(manufacturing) industry失業しつぎょうunemployment職業しょくぎょうoccupation営業えいぎょうbusiness企業きぎょうenterprise作業さぎょうwork農業のうぎょうagriculture業ぎょうwork休業きゅうぎょうsuspension of business漁業ぎょぎょうfishing industry商業しょうぎょうcommerce鉱業こうぎょうmining industry興業こうぎょうpromotion of industry事業じぎょうbusiness兼業けんぎょうpursuing as a side business業者ぎょうしゃtrader業績ぎょうせきachievement業務ぎょうむbusiness就業しゅうぎょうstarting work (for the day)分業ぶんぎょうdivision of labor林業りんぎょうforestry

Example sentences

それは授業の終わりだった。

That was the end of the class.

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日本は産業国である。

Japan is an industrial country.

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彼は学校を卒業したあと、ロンドンへ行った。

After he left school, he went to London.

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Kanji with the same radical

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.