Mnemonic
You planted a business in a field of thorns, and it's not yet blooming. Every thorn prick is karma—a deed that accumulates. You keep bleeding through thorns, knowing what's not yet harvested will one day be your life's greatest enterprise.
Additional thoughts
Picture a stubborn entrepreneur kneeling in a thorn-covered field, hands bloody, tending seedlings that haven't sprouted. Each wound represents accumulated deeds (karma). The thorns come first (top of kanji), the 'not yet' sits beneath—growth is underneath the pain.Quick recall
Your business grows in thorns, not yet blooming—but every painful deed builds toward harvest.Details
The keyword for 業 is business. This kanji refers to one's occupation, profession, or line of work, encompassing the idea of an enterprise or undertaking that one commits to as a livelihood. It also carries a broader sense of deeds or actions, particularly in Buddhist philosophy where it corresponds to the concept of karma—the accumulated actions that shape one's fate. By extension, it can refer to any significant achievement, course of study, or established industry.
- On'yomi
- ぎょう、ごう
- Kun'yomi
- わざ