Read Edit View history 业 yèYè HSK2 profession Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified character from the top 5 strokes of the traditional 業. Depicts a person (大) carrying a weapon (丵). Based on the original meaning "attack". The meaning later shifted to "expand territory" and "develop business". Pinyin Separate values with commas yè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 業 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Shorthand for the 丵 component. Depicts a chisel-shaped weapon. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 业 Simp strokes 业 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 业 Simp strokes 业 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 业 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 351, 659 ], [ 395, 610 ], [ 400, 567 ], [ 407, 139 ], [ 404, 118 ], [ 390, 108 ] ], [ [ 549, 738 ], [ 601, 696 ], [ 602, 679 ], [ 583, 138 ], [ 565, 116 ] ], [ [ 193, 415 ], [ 279, 345 ], [ 301, 301 ] ], [ [ 793, 522 ], [ 811, 502 ], [ 819, 481 ], [ 672, 326 ] ], [ [ 131, 71 ], [ 158, 58 ], [ 207, 50 ], [ 408, 74 ], [ 822, 101 ], [ 863, 91 ], [ 914, 68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 429 100 Q 420 511 436 595 Q 440 622 425 637 Q 400 659 368 670 Q 352 677 341 670 Q 332 663 339 646 Q 370 573 380 496 Q 386 417 383 96 C 383 66 430 70 429 100 Z", "M 603 112 Q 615 346 622 559 Q 628 611 633 647 Q 642 678 647 701 Q 651 713 628 730 Q 589 751 563 755 Q 545 759 536 749 Q 527 742 537 725 Q 571 670 571 634 Q 578 390 558 108 C 556 78 601 82 603 112 Z", "M 210 369 Q 241 336 273 297 Q 286 281 302 280 Q 314 280 321 293 Q 328 308 322 340 Q 315 379 211 419 Q 195 425 188 423 Q 182 419 182 406 Q 185 394 210 369 Z", "M 769 478 Q 735 423 667 336 Q 660 327 667 319 Q 677 318 686 323 Q 804 419 862 455 Q 884 462 879 476 Q 870 495 846 518 Q 821 540 792 541 Q 773 540 776 515 Q 780 499 769 478 Z", "M 517 57 Q 569 58 620 62 Q 752 72 894 52 Q 919 48 926 57 Q 935 72 922 85 Q 846 161 792 135 Q 750 129 603 112 L 558 108 Q 515 107 486 103 Q 455 102 429 100 L 383 96 Q 334 95 303 90 Q 236 81 134 84 Q 119 85 117 72 Q 116 59 136 43 Q 184 7 220 19 Q 278 34 407 48 Q 458 54 517 57 Z" ] } 5 strokes 业 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 351, 659 ], [ 395, 610 ], [ 400, 567 ], [ 407, 139 ], [ 404, 118 ], [ 390, 108 ] ], [ [ 549, 738 ], [ 601, 696 ], [ 602, 679 ], [ 583, 138 ], [ 565, 116 ] ], [ [ 193, 415 ], [ 279, 345 ], [ 301, 301 ] ], [ [ 793, 522 ], [ 811, 502 ], [ 819, 481 ], [ 672, 326 ] ], [ [ 131, 71 ], [ 158, 58 ], [ 207, 50 ], [ 408, 74 ], [ 822, 101 ], [ 863, 91 ], [ 914, 68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 429 100 Q 420 511 436 595 Q 440 622 425 637 Q 400 659 368 670 Q 352 677 341 670 Q 332 663 339 646 Q 370 573 380 496 Q 386 417 383 96 C 383 66 430 70 429 100 Z", "M 603 112 Q 615 346 622 559 Q 628 611 633 647 Q 642 678 647 701 Q 651 713 628 730 Q 589 751 563 755 Q 545 759 536 749 Q 527 742 537 725 Q 571 670 571 634 Q 578 390 558 108 C 556 78 601 82 603 112 Z", "M 210 369 Q 241 336 273 297 Q 286 281 302 280 Q 314 280 321 293 Q 328 308 322 340 Q 315 379 211 419 Q 195 425 188 423 Q 182 419 182 406 Q 185 394 210 369 Z", "M 769 478 Q 735 423 667 336 Q 660 327 667 319 Q 677 318 686 323 Q 804 419 862 455 Q 884 462 879 476 Q 870 495 846 518 Q 821 540 792 541 Q 773 540 776 515 Q 780 499 769 478 Z", "M 517 57 Q 569 58 620 62 Q 752 72 894 52 Q 919 48 926 57 Q 935 72 922 85 Q 846 161 792 135 Q 750 129 603 112 L 558 108 Q 515 107 486 103 Q 455 102 429 100 L 383 96 Q 334 95 303 90 Q 236 81 134 84 Q 119 85 117 72 Q 116 59 136 43 Q 184 7 220 19 Q 278 34 407 48 Q 458 54 517 57 Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.