enterprise

業

ㄧㄝˋ yè

Two versions of the same picture, and both are free with no account and no watermark. The first has no background at all, which is the one to send your artist — but a phone or computer photo viewer set to dark will show black strokes on dark grey and it can look like nothing downloaded. If that happens, use the second one: identical characters on a plain white background. Either way you get the characters on their own — the square and the faint guide lines you see above are not in the file. Each character is 1000px, so a two-character download is 2000×1000, and the script and layout are the ones you picked.

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A business, or a serious undertaking someone builds a life around. One character covers both, and also means karma.

Before you commit

Choose with care業 is the standard Buddhist word for karma, as in 業障, karmic obstruction. Many Chinese readers meet that sense first, which turns your enterprise into your accumulated deeds.

Pairs well with事業 for a career you are proud of, 創業 for starting a business. 敬業, respecting your work, is high praise for a professional.

At small sizesThirteen strokes stacked in dense horizontal bands over a wide base. The upper half clogs when inked small.

Meaning

An occupation, an undertaking, a line of work; also karma.

The character inside industry, profession, achievement and enterprise alike.

Other characters for “enterprise”

What to do next

Pick the script and layout you want above, download the PNG, and send that file to your artist. Ask them to work from the file rather than redrawing the character freehand — that is where strokes go missing.

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