业

業
yè
#130 most
frequent character
line of business, industry

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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Same Characters, Different Readings

业Ye4
surname Ye

Homophones

HSK 4
页yè
page, leaf
叶yè
leaf, page, lobe, (historical) period
液yè
(bound form) a liquid, also pr. [yi4]

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