Zi:业
业(F業) [yè] 商业 commerce/trade; 工业 industry; 职业 profession/job; 学业 schoolwork, 作业 homework
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The simple-form character 业 yè ‘commerce/industry’ (5 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 業 (13 strokes), keeping the first 5 strokes (业), and omitting the rest.
Note: The two vertical strokes of 业 are wr. first; cf. 丛, which is the simple form of 叢 (and a special variant form of the component 业); cf. 亚/亞.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 業 is said to be a pictograph depicting a kind of wooden frame with teeth/pegs for hanging bells/drums/chimes at different levels; the components are given as 丵 zhuó ‘thick/lush bush/vegetation’, over a shape like 巾 representing a wooden board/base, as the base of 木; formerly wr. 𤑽(𤎸) with two bells/drums/chimes suspended above.
Compare: 虡(𧆾𧇽鐻) jù ‘wooden frame supporting bells/chimes/drums’ (簨虡), in which 𠬞 is sometimes wr. like 业.
Compare: 虚/虛(𧆳) xū ‘empty’, in which 业 stands for 丘(丠) qiū ‘hill/mound’.
Compare: 黹 zhǐ ‘needlework/embroidery’; 丛/叢 cóng ‘thick bush/jungle; crowd/collect’.
Compare: 对/對(𡭊) duì ‘answer/respond’, in which the component 丵 is assoc. with 業.
“[業] A 木 tree crowded with its 丵 foliage. The moral foliage, the deeds of a man, the affairs upon which he exerts his activity, and what he acquires by his doings, viz. merits, goods, titles, etc.” —Wieger.
Compare: 叶/葉 yè ‘leaf’ (OC 業 /ng(r)jap/, vs. 葉 /ljap/ (Baxter); Cantonese 业 yihp vs. 叶 hihp).
►references: Wieger:102i; Henshall:260; Karlgren:AD229; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.15.4; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:014.1.01; Wáng(1993):101; EDOC:0
►components: 一
►Cantonese: yihp-
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