业

業
Ye4
#130 most
frequent character
surname Ye

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

业 is a shorthand form of 業, keeping just the top five strokes. 業 showed a person 大 gripping a chisel weapon 丵, giving the first sense 'launch an attack'. The meaning later grew to 'rule', then to 'industry', 'profession', and 'field of study'.

Drawn as: person holding weapon; chisel-like weapon

业 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
邺
empty2 characters
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