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業

business
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingギョウ、ゴウ
Kun readingわざ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. business
    彼は父親の死後、家業を引き受けた。He took charge of the family business after his father died.tatoeba
    彼は慶応大学を卒業するとすぐに家業を継いだ。As soon as he graduated from Keio University, he took over his family's business.tatoeba
  2. arts
  3. performance
  4. vocation
  5. professionRtK
  1. work
  2. company
  3. agency
  4. study

Popular Usage

授業工業産業卒業営業企業作業失業職業休業漁業商業

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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business · upside down in a row · not yet · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1931

Compound words

授業じゅぎょう
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork
工業こうぎょう
(manufacturing) industry
産業さんぎょう
industry; livelihood; occupation
卒業そつぎょう
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
営業えいぎょう
business; trade; operations; sales
企業きぎょう
enterprise; business; company; corporation
作業さぎょう
work; operation; task
失業しつぎょう
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
職業しょくぎょう
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade
休業きゅうぎょう
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
漁業ぎょぎょう
fishing industry; fishery
商業しょうぎょう
commerce; trade; business
卒業するそつぎょうする
to graduate
業者ぎょうしゃ
trader; dealer; businessperson; company; vendor
業績ぎょうせき
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
業務ぎょうむ
business; work; operations; service; duties
兼業けんぎょう
pursuing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
偉業いぎょう
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
家業かぎょう
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
稼業かぎょう
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
開業かいぎょう
opening a business; opening a practice
学業がくぎょう
studies; schoolwork; classwork
勧業かんぎょう
(encouragement of) industry
興業こうぎょう
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise

On Reading Examples

彼は家業を継いだ。かぎょう
He succeeded to the family business.tatoeba
彼の息子達のどちらとも彼の家業を継ぎたがらない。かぎょう
Neither of his sons wants to succeed to his family business.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

過ちは人の常、許すは神の業。わざ
To err is human, to forgive divine.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は法律を一生の職業にしたいと思っていた。
He wanted to follow law as a career.tatoeba
彼は父親の会社の営業を引き継いだ。
He has taken charge of his father's company.tatoeba
彼は農業大学へ行きました。
He went to a college of agriculture.tatoeba
創業者は木村勉。
The founder is Tsutomu KIMURA.wiki
鉄道事業者区間：
Railway operator's section :wiki
生涯と音楽上の業績
Biography and the achievements in musicwiki
以下の文献で、業績を辿れる。
The following literature describes his achievements.wiki
業務用での流通が多い。
Distribution of frozen noodles is often for commercial use.wiki
検車業務は17日より。
The inspection of trains started on March 17.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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