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彚
JLPT N3 SL3 7 strokes Frequency: #315

Meanings

Duty, War, Campaign, Drafted Labor, Office, Service, Role

Radicals

彳

Decomposition

⿰彳掳

Etymology

Ideographic: A person walking over 彳 with food in hand 掳

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
4 diagonal right-to-left
5 corner right-to-left
6 corner top-to-bottom
7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ヤク yaku
エキ eki
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

285 words total
Other (20 words)
役者馬鹿 やくしゃばか

good actor who is inept in all other matters

娘役 むすめやく

female part or role (drama, kabuki, etc.)

お役所仕事 おやくしょしごと

bureaucratic routine

服役囚 ふくえきしゅう

convict

立役 たてやく

leading actor

重役会議 じゅうやくかいぎ

executive meeting

ヒール役 ヒールやく

(role of) heel (in wrestling, films, etc.)

文禄・慶長の役 ぶんろくけいちょうのえき

Imjin War (1592-1597)

日露戦役 にちろせんえき

Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

日清戦役 にっしんせんえき

First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)

ちょい役 ちょいやく

small part (e.g. in a film)

役職名 やくしょくめい

job title

現役合格 げんえきごうかく

passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))

案内役 あんないやく

guide

懲役刑 ちょうえきけい

jail sentence

役割演技 やくわりえんぎ

role-playing

予備役将校訓練課程 よびえきしょうこうくんれんかてい

Reserve Officers' Training Corps (US)

役付取締役 やくつきとりしまりやく

executive director

役付取締役 やくつきとりしまりやく

executive director

進行役 しんこうやく

facilitator