业

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See also: 業 and 北
业 U+4E1A, 业
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E1A
← 丙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丛 →

Translingual

Stroke order
5 strokes

Han character

业 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 廿金 (TC) or 難廿金 (XTC), four-corner 32100, composition ⿶䒑⿰丨丨 or ⿱⿰⿰丶丨⿰丨㇒一)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 78, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 15, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4E1A

Usage notes

In the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components, 业 is considered a radical. Some examples of characters placed under radical 业 include 邺, 丵, and 黹 (Kangxi places 邺 under radical 163, 邑, 丵 under radical 2, 丨, and 黹 under radical 204, 黹, respectively).

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 业 – see 業 (“profession; business; trade; merits and achievements; work; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 業).
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 业 – see 丘 (“mound; hill; grave; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 丘).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 业 – see 北 (“north; northern; to be defeated; to fail; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 北).

Japanese

Kanji

业

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Alternative form of 北

Readings

  • Go-on: ほく (hoku)
  • Kan-on: ほく (hoku)
  • Kun: きた (kita, 业)、にげる (nigeru, 业げる)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 業 (MC ngjaep).

Hanja

业 (eumhun 일 업 (il eop))

  1. Alternative form of 業 (“hanja form? of 업 (“work”)”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 北 (MC pok).

Hanja

业 (eumhun 북녘 북 (bungnyeok buk))

  1. Alternative form of 北 (“hanja form? of 북 (“north”)”)

Etymology 3

From Middle Chinese 北 (MC bwojH).

Hanja

业 (eumhun 달아날 배 (daranal bae))

  1. Alternative form of 北 (“hanja form? of 배 (“to escape; to flee”)”)

References

Vietnamese

Han character

业: Nôm readings: nghiệp

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References

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