JLPT N4 · 13 strokes
Kanji 業: "business, vocation, arts"
The kanji 業 means "business, vocation, arts, performance". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read ギョウ, ゴウ in on'yomi and わざ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ギョウゴウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
わざ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | business, vocation, arts, performance |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 43 of 2,501 |
Common words with 業
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 作業work; operation; task
- 授業lesson; class; teaching; instruction
- 卒業graduation; completion (of a course) · moving on (from); outgrowing (something)
- 職業occupation; profession; job; vocation
- 仕業acte (souvent répréhensible), méfait, mauvais coup
- 企業enterprise; business; company; corporation
- 営業business; trade; operations · sales
- 事業business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity · (social) project; undertaking; enterprise; work
- 従業員employee; worker
- 業務business; work; operations; service
- 自業自得paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
- 業者trader; dealer; businessperson; company · fellow trader; people in the same trade
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