# 業 — Business

Frequency rank 45 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 十 (Ten), less common than 法 (Method).

- On’yomi: ぎょう、ごう
- Kun’yomi: わざ
- Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 13

A desk disappears beneath invoices while a stamp repeatedly strikes the paperwork.

In words:

- 業 ごう — Buddhist karma;actions committed in a former life
- 授業 じゅぎょう — lesson,class work
- 工業 こうぎょう — the manufacturing industry

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