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CHINESE CHARACTER

业 (yè): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

business, profession; to study, to work
HSK 35 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

一 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 业.

Visible components

业 is decomposed as ⿱?一.

STROKES · 5

Write 业 in 5 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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LEARN THIS CHARACTER IN CONTEXT

Examples using 业

作业

我放学后做作业。

Wǒ fàng xué hòu zuò zuò yè。

I do my homework after school.

毕业

去年我从高中毕业了。

Qù nián wǒ cóng gāo zhōng bì yè le。

I finished high school last year.

职业

您的职业是什么?

Nín de zhí yè shì shén me?

What's your occupation?

FAQ

What does 业 (yè) mean in Chinese?

business, profession; to study, to work

How do you write 业 in stroke order?

业 has 5 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 业?

一 is the radical in 业. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 业?

作业 (zuòyè): school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate; 毕业 (bìyè): graduation; to graduate; to finish school; 毕业生 (bìyèshēng): graduate.