Read Edit View history Discussion 業 yè HSK7 profession Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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 业 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a chisel-shaped weapon. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 業 Simp strokes 業 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person. 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