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役
Meanings
Duty, War, Campaign, Drafted Labor, Office, Service, Role
Radicals
彳
Decomposition
⿰彳殳
Etymology
Ideographic: A person walking over 彳 with food in hand 殳
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
(4 words)
ヤク
(1 words)