Unicode: U+696D

Pinyin: yè

Definition

* 古時樂器架子橫木上的大版,刻如鋸齒狀,用以懸掛鐘、鼓、磬等。 * 古代書冊的夾板。 * 築牆板。 * 學習的內容或過程。如:學業;畢業。 * 職業;業務。 * 產業;財產。 * 功業;基業。 * 從事於;以……為職業。唐白居易 * 成業;使之立業或樂業。 * 次序;次第。 * 創始、開始。 * 既;已經。 * 佛教語。梵文karman(羯磨)的意譯。業由身、口、意三處發動,叫三業。是佛教善惡因果說的理論根據。南朝梁沈約 * 通"隉"。危貌。叚借為隉

profession, business, trade

Structure

業 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC