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役

JLPT N3 SL3 7 strokes Frequency: #315

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 (20 words)

double role

senior's role

noh actor

slave labour

penal servitude

military service

draft evasion

draft exemption

release from office

actor

perquisite

director

post

to be useful

part

government official

to be helpful

town hall

duty

war

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