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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)
役逃げ やくにげ

cheating by hiding a card one has been dealt (so that one can claim one wasn't dealt the correct number of cards)

役札 やくふだ

card that can be used to make a scoring combination

兵役拒否者 へいえききょひしゃ

draft refuser

兵役義務 へいえきぎむ

compulsory military service

使役形 しえきけい

causative form

党四役 とうよんやく

the four top party executives (of the LDP)

監査役会 かんさやくかい

board of company auditors

執行役 しっこうやく

executive officer

社外監査役 しゃがいかんさやく

external auditor

平取締役 ひらとりしまりやく

non-executive director

社外取締役 しゃがいとりしまりやく

outside director

取締役会設置会社 とりしまりやくかいせっちがいしゃ

(stock) company that has a board of directors

党役員 とうやくいん

party officer

代表取締役副社長 だいひょうとりしまりやくふくしゃちょう

representative executive vice-president

出役 しゅつやく

travelling for work

悲劇役者 ひげきやくしゃ

tragic actor

交渉役 こうしょうやく

negotiator

首切り役人 くびきりやくにん

executioner

喜劇役者 きげきやくしゃ

comic actor

教師役 きょうしやく

teacher (role)