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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yè | ye4
English translation
business, profession; to study, to work

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A musical instrument  made of wood 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱? wèi

Explanation

Simplified form of . Origin unclear.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
企业 qǐyè company企業
职业 zhíyè occupation職業
专业 zhuānyè specialty專業
事业 shìyè undertaking事業
毕业 bìyè graduation畢業
行业 hángyè industry行業
业务 yèwù business業務
商业 shāngyè business商業
作业 zuòyè homework作業
产业 chǎnyè industry產業
工业 gōngyè industry工業
job
农业 nóngyè agriculture農業
失业 shīyè unemployment失業
业余 yèyú in one's spare time業餘
就业 jiùyè to get a job就業
业绩 yè jì achievement業績
营业 yíngyè to trade營業
毕业生 bì yè shēng graduate畢業生
业主 yè zhǔ owner業主
创业 chuàngyè to initiate創業
开业 kāi yè to open a business開業
学业 xué yè studies學業
企业家 qǐ yè jiā entrepreneur企業家
物业 wùyè property物業

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