役
commonduty; war; campaign; drafted labor; office; service; role
Radical: 彳 (step). Strokes: 7画. Elements: 彳殳几又. . Hangul: 역 [yeog]. Nanori: ちゃくchaku.
Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| ヤクYAKU | 適役【てきやくtekiyaku】suitable post or role 汚れ役【よごれやくyogoreyaku】role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role 顔役【かおやくkaoyaku】influential man; boss |
| エキEKI | 就役【しゅうえきshūeki】placed in commission; entering servitude 荷役【にえきnieki】handling cargo; loading and unloading 役務【えきむekimu】labor; labour; service |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 5f79 | – | Unicode |
| 44-82 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-3-4 | – | SKIP |
| 3i4.2 | – | TKD |
| 2724.7 | – | Four Corner |
| 2068 | – | De Roo |
| 1598 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 1726 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 244 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 181 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 884 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 315 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 368 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 171 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 10057 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 4 p. 809 |
| 397 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 375 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 324 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 519 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 419 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 290 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 266 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 609 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 620 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 893 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |