The Japanese Radical: 业


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hollow    业

Explanation Image of a hollow volcano vent

Used in these characters:
JLPT 4Joyo 3
work, act, karma
waza, GYŌ, GŌ
Top: hollow (image of a vulcano with hollow top; here: board with a load), bottom: sheep with two extra legs
The loaded board on the sheep with the outwardly bent legs shows: It is at work.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
frolic, joke, play, fun
tawamureru, GI
Left: empty/hollow (tiger's den is empty. [den = hollow = extinct volcanic vent]), right: halberd
In a tiger's den (= cavern) with a halberd you should not frolic (= joke around).
JLPT 1Joyo 7
empty, void, hollow, vacant
uro, KYO, KO
Top: tiger (image with fang teeth), below: hollow (= extinct volcanic vent)
The tiger's hole (den) is empty.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
manifest, appear, exist, emerge
arawareru, KEN
Left: sun , hollow (= extinct volcano vent), right: head/forehead
In the sun, the hollowness of the head appears manifest.
湿
JLPT 2Joyo 7
damp, moist, humid, wet
shimeru/su, SHITSU
Left: water , right: sun , hollow (= extinct volcanic vent)
The water makes the sunny hole damp and humid.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
fine, slender, fiber, slim
SEN
Left: thread , right: halberd with ten , hollow (= hollow vent of an extinct vulcano)
Like 'threads' are the ten hollow halberds: such fine.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
I, me, (informal, male speech), servant
shimobe, BOKU
Left: person , right: hollow (= hollow vent of an extinct vulcano), var. of beauty [cf. to strike ]
The person with a "hollow imperfect beauty", that is me, the servant.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
slap, strike, beat, hit, punch
BOKU
Left: hand , right: hollow (= hollow vent of an extinct vulcano), var. of beauty
With the hands to beat for a hollow beauty with slaps and strikes. (Or: The hand of me [=ボク] is: for slapping/striking.)

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