業 Kanji – business
The Japanese kanji 業 can mean business, vocation, arts, performance.
Meaning and Readings
How is 業 read?
業 has the onyomi readings ギョウ, ゴウ and the kunyomi reading わざ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as gyou, gou, waza.
Common Japanese Words Using 業
These common Japanese words contain 業. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 偉業（いぎょう） — great achievement, great feat, great work, great undertaking
- 営業（えいぎょう） — business, trade, operations
- 営業マン（えいぎょうマン） — salesman, businessman
- 営業時間（えいぎょうじかん） — business hours, opening hours, office hours
- 家業（かぎょう） — family business, family trade
- 稼業（かぎょう） — trade, business, occupation, profession, job
- 開業（かいぎょう） — opening a business, opening a practice
- 開業医（かいぎょうい） — private clinician, physician in private practice
- 学業（がくぎょう） — studies, schoolwork, classwork
- 勧業（かんぎょう） — (encouragement of) industry
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