業

音読おんよみ: ギョウ・ゴウ

訓読くんよみ: わざ

画数かくすう: 13 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 木(き)

Meaning

work, business, industry, karma


  • ぎょう — work, karma
  • 卒業そつぎょう — graduation
  • 授業じゅぎょう — class, lesson
  • 企業きぎょう — enterprise, business
  • 産業さんぎょう — industry
  • 悪業あくごう — evil deeds (Buddhist)

originally depicted a tool rack, suggesting action or task. Over time, it came to mean one’s work or deeds. It also holds spiritual meaning in Buddhism as karma — the effects of one’s actions.

かれ卒業そつぎょうして、企業きぎょう就職しゅうしょくした。
He graduated and joined a company.

悪業あくごう来世らいせ影響えいきょうあたえるとわれている。
It is said that bad karma affects one’s next life.

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