業績

ぎょうせき · gyouseki · JLPT N1 · noun

accomplishment

🏆 業 = work + 績 = spun thread; work's measurable record is its results

績 carries the thread radical 糸 because it originally meant spinning fibers. Spun output became a measurable record, so 業績 means results or achievements.

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