5 strokes13 strokes
Character #292 · The First 1000
业 (業) yè meaning: business
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies
- Strokes
- 513
- TraditionalSimplified
- 業 业
- Poster cell
- L11
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 业業
Write 业業 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, yè, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 业 mean in English?
- 业 (yè) means "business": line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies.
- How do you pronounce 业?
- 业 is pronounced yè in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄧㄝˋ.
- How many strokes does 业 have?
- The simplified form, 业, has 5 strokes. The traditional form, 業, has 13.
- What is the traditional form of 业?
- The traditional form of 业 is 業. 业 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 業 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 业?
- Common words that use 业 include 作业 (zuòyè, school assignment), 工业 (gōngyè, industry), 职业 (zhíyè, occupation), 农业 (nóngyè, agriculture).
- How common is 业?
- 业 is number 292 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell L11 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.