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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

43 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: business, vocation, arts, performance

Kunyomi: わざ

Onyomi: ギョウ, ゴウ

Composition: 业 羊 木

業

Radical

Radical: 木

Reading: き

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

授業(じゅぎょう)   lesson, class

授業料(じゅぎょうりょう)   school fees, tuition

授業中(じゅぎょうちゅう)   while in class, during a class

職業(しょくぎょう)   occupation

企業(きぎょう)   enterprise

従業員(じゅうぎょういん)   employee

卒業する(そつぎょうする)   graduate

作業する(さぎょうする)   work

営業する(えいぎょうする)   be in business

仕業(しわざ)   handiwork

人間業(にんげんわざ)   the work of man

Onyomi Examples

業 (ギョウ) work, business, company, agency, study

業界 (ギョウカイ) business world, business circles, (the) industry

興業 (コウギョウ) promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise

鉱業 (コウギョウ) mining industry

業 (ゴウ) karma, result of one's karma, fate, destiny, uncontrollable temper

業因 (ゴウイン) karma

罪業 (ザイゴウ) sin, iniquity, crime

正業 (ショウゴウ) right action, correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)

Kunyomi Examples

業 (わざ) deed, act, work, performance

業師 (わざし) tricky wrestler, shrewd fellow

寝技 (ねわざ) pinning technique (in wrestling or judo), underhanded dealings

投げ技 (なげわざ) throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)

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