业
yèYè HSK2

profession

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approved by Prismcool · Nov 11, 2023, 06:41 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Nov 11, 2023, 06:41 PM

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Original meaning: attack

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".

Components

丵
丵 SimplifiedRemnant component
zhuó chisel

Shorthand for the 丵 component. Depicts a chisel-shaped weapon.

大
大 Deleted component
dà, dài big

Depicts a person.

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.168-169Chinese Language Stack Exchange
Readings & variants
Unicode