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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)
一役買う ひとやくかう

to take on a role

役立たず やくたたず

useless

共役 きょうやく

conjugation

主役から降ろす しゅやくからおろす

to relieve someone of the leading role

西南の役 せいなんのえき

Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

手役 てやく

scoring combination in one's dealt hand (i.e. at the start of a game)

役に立たない やくにたたない

of no avail

役に就ける やくにつける

to place someone in a position

役を勤める やくをつとめる

to act (as)

役を割り振る やくをわりふる

to assign a role to an actor

役を干される やくをほされる

to be deprived of one's role

役に就く やくにつく

to be appointed to a post

二翻役 リャンファンヤク

winning hand with the score doubled twice

意味役割 いみやくわり

semantic role

補佐役 ほさやく

assistant

壁役 かべやく

catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen

退役軍人 たいえきぐんじん

ex-serviceman

執行役員 しっこうやくいん

operating officer

取締役副社長 とりしまりやくふくしゃちょう

executive vice-president

取締役会長 とりしまりやくかいちょう

chairman of board of directors