The kanji 業: meaning, readings and stroke order

業

Meaning: work, job
On reading: ギョウ gyou、ゴウ gou
Kun reading: わざ waza
Strokes: 13
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: công việc, nghề (nghiệp)
Japanese: しごと。わざ。
Korean: 일, 직업 (업)
Chinese: 工作、行业 (业)

Readings, words and example sentences

ギョウ gyou · on reading

工こう業ぎょう
industry
この町は 工こう業ぎょうがさかんです。
This town has a lot of industry.

ゴウ gou · on reading · less common

自じ業ごう自じ得とく
you reap what you sow
これは 自じ業ごう自じ得とくです。
You only have yourself to blame.

わざ waza · kun reading

業わざ
skill, trick
見事な 業わざを見せました。
He showed us an amazing trick.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.