The Chinese Radical: 业


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business    业

Explanation Image of a hollow volcano vent

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
business, occupation, study, estate, property

It is shown a hill with an extinct volcanic vent. As radical it is understood as "hollow". Here however, as a tray 一 with a glass || and other things.
A loaded tray stands for the business sector.  
JLPT HSK 4
tight (closely sealed), strict, father
yán
Top: relatively weak / inferior 亚 (put a plank 一 on the volcano with a hollow peak 业 (= volcanic vent) because it is relatively weak.), below: cliff 厂
With a cover 一 the hollow peak of the cliff is tight and strict.  
JLPT HSK 4
relatively weak, inferior, second, Asia, sub-

Top: one 一 (here: a board or plank), below: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
Put a plank over the hollow volcanic vent because its crossing is relatively weak.  
JLPT HSK 5
visible, to illustrate, to display, conspicuous
xiǎn
Top: sun 日, bottom: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
When the sun is (directly) above the volcanic vent, it is visible there.  
湿
JLPT HSK 5
moist, wet
shī
Left: water 氵, right: visible 显 (If the sun 日 is [directly] over a hollow volcanic vent 业, it is visible there)
Water makes a sunny hole (=vent) wet. Or: Water is visible, when (i.e. the floor) is wet.  
JLPT HSK 5
emptiness, void, unoccupied, humble, in vain

Top: tiger 虍, below: hollow 业 business, occupation (It is shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak.)
The tiger's hole is empty.  
JLPT HSK 5
pot, tea pot, bottled liquids

From top: scholar 士 (here: handle 士 at a cover 冖), cover 冖, business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
A handle at a cover on sth. hollow is in total: a (tea) pot.  
JLPT HSK 6
ruins, grave, mound

Left: earth 土, right: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void. )[业= hollow volcanic vent]
The earth is void when with ruins and graves.  
JLPT no HSK
to bore a hole, to chisel or dig, certain
záo, zuò
Top: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak), bottom: container 凵 with Yen ¥
A hollow container is cut with a drilling bit, when: boring a hole.  
JLPT no HSK
exhale, hiss

Left: mouth 口, right void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent]
The sound (= what comes out of a mouth) from the tiger's hole is a: hiss.  
JLPT no HSK
heavy breathing, sound of escaping laughter, to water

Left: mouth 口, right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow 业 things the orchid 兰 grows and the person 人 takes it out of the: thicket)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when a tray 一 with things || is loaded onto a sheep 羊 that it goes to its knees 八 is a: heavy breath.  
JLPT no HSK
to spy, watch for

Left: void, emptiness 虚 (The tiger's 虍 hole 业 is void.) [业 = hollow volcanic vent], right: to see 见/見
If the tiger hole is void we can see, by: watching for.  
JLPT no HSK
unpolished gem

Left: king, jade 王, right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow 业 things the orchid 兰 grows and the person 人 takes it out of the: thicket)
If the jade appears like in a 'thicket', it is still an: unpolished gemstone.  

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