occupation; job; employment

HSK 3 #130

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 130th character
Radical ⼀ (1.4)
Strokes 5
Index # 231
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

业 yè
  1. 1. occupation
  2. 2. job
  3. 3. employment
  4. 4. industry
  5. 5. line of business
  6. 6. enterprise
  7. 7. school studies
  8. 8. to engage in
  9. 9. deed
  10. 10. property
  11. 11. (Buddhism) karma
  12. 12. surname Ye
  13. 13. already

Stroke order

业 stroke order diagram
业 stroke order animation

Words containing 业

Word Meaning
to study at school
to teach; to pass on knowledge
full employment
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
public utility
state-owned company; public enterprise
charity; service to the public; public welfare undertaking
consequences that all must suffer
recycling industry
sin (in Buddhism); also written yuān niè; enmity leading to sin
pharmaceutical industry
venture capital
Growth Enterprise Markets (GEM)
enterprising spirit; pioneering spirit
achievement; outstanding work; glorious deed
meritorious achievement
to run an enterprise diligently and thriftily
Beijing University of Technology
Beijing Forestry University
Norinco, PRC state-run conglomerate
Delta Asia Financial Group (Macau)
Banco Delta Asia S.A.R.L., Macau
underemployed; semi-employed; partly employed
to graduate; to complete a course of study (old)
Nanjing Agricultural University