業
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ideogrammic compound (會意): 丵 + 巾
Han character[edit]
業 (radical 75 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿金廿木 (TCTD), four-corner 32904, composition ⿳业䒑未)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 541, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15170
- Dae Jaweon: page 928, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1247, character 7
- Unihan data for U+696D
Chinese[edit]
| trad. | 業 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 业 | |
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
- Wade-Giles: yeh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
- IPA (key): /i̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jip6
- Yale: yihp
- Cantonese Pinyin: jip9
- IPA (key): /jiːp̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngia̍p
- Hakka Romanization System: ngiab
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngiab6
- IPA: /ɲi̯ap̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍p
- Tâi-lô: gia̍p
- Phofsit Daibuun: giap
- IPA (Taipei): /giap̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /giap̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien)
-
Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 業 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /iɛ⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /iɛ⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /ie⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /iə²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /iə⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /iɛ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /niɛ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ȵi⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ie¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ȵiə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /iɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /ie²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /ȵie³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /nie²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /niɛ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /ieʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /iɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /iəʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /ȵiʌʔ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /iaʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiɪʔ¹/ |
| Suzhou | /ȵiəʔ³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ȵiəʔ²/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ȵi²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ne²²/ |
| Tunxi | /ȵia¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵie²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /ȵie²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ȵiɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋiap̚⁵/ |
| Taoyuan | /ŋiɑp̚⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jip̚²/ |
| Nanning | /nip̚²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /jip̚²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /giap̚⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /ŋieʔ⁵/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /ŋiɛ⁴²/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /ŋiap̚⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /ŋiap̚⁵/ /ŋiap̚³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 業 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 業 (147) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 魚怯切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ŋɨɐp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ŋiɐp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ŋiɐp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ŋɨap̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ŋiap̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ŋĭɐp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ŋi̯ɐp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yè |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 業 | 業 | 業 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yè | yè | yè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ngjæp › | ‹ ngjæp › | ‹ ngjæp › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[m-qʰ](r)[a]p/ | /*[m-qʰ](r)[a]p/ | /*[ŋ](r)[a]p/ |
| English | work (n.) | horizontal board of a bell stand or frame | strong, sturdy |
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
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| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 業 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14819 |
| Phonetic component |
業 |
| Rime group |
盍 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
業 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ŋab/ |
Definitions[edit]
業
- profession, business, trade
- (literary) already
- karma
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
業
Readings[edit]
- Goon: ごう (gō)
- Kan’on: ぎょう (gyō)
- Kun: な-る (業-る, na-ru), なり (nari), わざ (waza)
- Nanori: なり (nari), のぶ (nobu)
Compounds[edit]
Compounds containing 業
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Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
業 (hiragana ぎょう, romaji gyō, historical hiragana げふ)
- work, task, business: the job at hand
- profession, business, trade: what one does to earn a living
- studies, scholarship (the act of being a scholar), the arts
- 医科の業に着手する
- ika no gyō ni chakushu suru
- set to studying medicine, start one's medical studies
- 医科の業に着手する
Proverbs[edit]
- 業は勤むるに精しく嬉しむに荒む (gyō wa tsuttomuru ni kuwashiku tanoshimu ni susamu): study hard and become wise, slack off and stay dumb
- 業は道に依って賢し (gyō wa michi ni yotte kashikoshi): the ones doing it are the experts
- 業を創め、統を垂る (gyō o hajime, tō o taru): a man of virtue builds up his skills, and then passes them on to those who come after
Etymology 2[edit]
From Sinitic 業. Translation from the Sanskrit term कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”).
Noun[edit]
業 (hiragana ごう, romaji gō, historical hiragana がふ, ごふ)
Idioms[edit]
- 業が深い (gō ga fukai): to be deeply sinful
- 業が煮える (gō ga nieru), 業が煎れる (gō ga ireru), 業が湧く (gō ga waku): to be irritated, to be annoyed, to get angry
- 業を煮やす (gō o niyasu), 業を沸かす (gō o wakasu): to lose one's temper, to fly off the handle
- 業に沈む (gō ni shizumu): to sink into sin and despair
- 業の風 (gō no kaze): the powerful winds of sin that blow in hell
- 業の秤 (gō no hakari): a mythological scale that weighs the sins of the dead
- 業を曝す (gō o sarasu): to endure shame in this life as karma for sins committed in a previous life
Proverbs[edit]
- 業によりて果を引く (gō ni yorite ka o hiku): you reap what you sow, what goes around comes around
Etymology 3[edit]
Stem noun form of verb 業る (naru, “to earn a living”). Ultimately of same origin as verb なる.
Noun[edit]
- a living, a job, what one does to earn a living
Etymology 4[edit]
From Old Japanese waza.
Noun[edit]
- a work of great significance or intent
- an intentional act or action
- (Buddhism) a Buddhist memorial service
- one's job, occupation, profession
- a matter or affair: implies a complication or problemよ
- 容易な業ではありませんよ。
- Yōi na waza de wa arimasen yo.
- It's no easy matter, I tell you.
- 容易な業ではありませんよ。
- a technique, a means of doing something
- 業を磨く
- waza o migaku
- polish one's technique
- 業を磨く
- a move or technique in sumo, judo, kendo, or other competitive activity
- a disaster, misfortune, calamity
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- (intentional act): 態と (waza to): intentionally, deliberately
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
業 • (eop) (hangeul 업, revised eop, McCune-Reischauer ŏp, Yale ep)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
業 (nghiệp)
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