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Chinese name character 業, simplified 业

yè

Simplified: 业

The character 業 (Mandarin yè) appears in 1 name and 2 syllables in this reference and is spelled Giap and Ye in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “profession; business; achievements” and “profession; achievement”.

Names and syllables
3
Malaysian spellings
2
Strokes
13
Attested in records
2

3 names and syllables in this reference have 業 as one of their character options. For 2 of them, 業 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 業: the recorded options

  • profession; business; achievements

    in 3 character options · attested

  • profession; achievement

    in 1 character options

Unihan definition: profession, business, trade

What a name means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine; these are options, not one definite meaning.

Malaysian spellings of 業

業 Giap Hokkien Ye Mandarin
業 yields 2 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanizationattested in name records
GiapHokkienattested in name records
YeMandarinpossible

Readings of 業 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
HokkienPe̍h-ōe-jī gia̍p Giap
MandarinHanyu Pinyin yè Ye

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin yè and Cantonese jip6.

1 names that can be written with 業

2 syllables that can stand for 業

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 業 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 業 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+696D · unicode.org · meaning

Readings, meanings and stroke count: the character options in our name records and the Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how a name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.

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Frequently asked questions

What does 業 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 業, including “profession; business; achievements” and “profession; achievement”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 業 spelled in Malaysia?

In our records 業 is spelled Giap (Hokkien) and Ye (Mandarin). A spelling follows a dialect’s romanization; it does not show which dialect anyone speaks.