业
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line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
Formation & memory
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How 业 is formed
How to remember it
profession · Heisig RSH #1349
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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 业
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家大业大 | (idiom) to have a sprawling business | |
| 工业化国家 | industrialized country | |
| 工业大学 | technical university; engineering college | |
| 电子业 | electronics industry | |
| 化学工业 | chemical industry | |
| 电子工业 | electronics industry | |
| 学业有成 | to be successful in one's studies; academic success | |
| 西北工业大学 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | |
| 事业心 | devotion to one's work; professional ambition | |
| 大业 | great cause; great undertaking | |
| 业大 | part-time college (abbr. for 業餘大學|业余大学[ye4 yu2 da4 xue2]) | |
| 工业区 | industrial zone | |
| 工业国 | industrialized country | |
| 事业有成 | to be successful in business; professional success | |
| 学业 | studies; schoolwork | |
| 无业 | unemployed; jobless; out of work | |
| 工业化 | to industrialize; industrialization | |
| 河北工业大学 | Hebei University of Technology | |
| 家业 | family property | |
| 手工业 | handicraft |
Sound family
These characters use 业 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 业 sound part | business, profession; to study, to work | |
| 显 | clear, evident; prominent; to show | |
| 邺 | a place in Henan province |