しゅう
醜
ぎょう
業

noun

  1. prostitution.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しゅう
醜
ぎょう
業
 醜業 しゅうぎょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ugly, unclean, shame
みにく.い　シュウ　しこ (Early High School, N1)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり　ユウ　なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし　サイ　セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
ghost, devil
おに　キ (Early Jr. High, N1)
head or face of a ghost, spirit, or demon
フツ　フチ　ヒ
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
business, vocation, arts
ギョウ　わざ　ゴウ (3rd, N4)
business, (業 variant)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wooden instrument
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ　いま.だ　ビ (4th, N3)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)