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業 means 'profession'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 92   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-3    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 8    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 78 words   Used in 1046 words   Used in 1110 names   Component in 3 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ギョウ   ゴウ
Kun
   profession, business, industry   わざ deed, act
Additional readings
Name    なり   のぶ
Components
⿳  业 (並) almost lined up  䒑 (艸) grass  未 not yet  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 業 is used 55 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 業 is used 1034 times, read 3 ways.
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ギョウ : 985 words FIND ALL
じ ゅ ぎ ょ う 1
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
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ゴウ : 25 words FIND ALL
ご う 1
noun
karma (i.e. actions committed in a former life)  (see also: 果報; Buddhist term)
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わざ : 24 words FIND ALL
し わ ざ 0
noun
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
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An additional 13 less common words include 業 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 278 (originally: 260)  Joy o' Kanji : 260  Key to Kanji: 221 

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業
ギョウ   ゴウ    profession, business, industry   わざ deed, act   
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业
almost lined up
䒑
grass   
未
ミ    not yet   
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