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Kanji Detail for 役 - "role, duty, service"

役

  • Meaning

    役 means "role, duty, service."

    1. Role - A part to play; a function.

    2. Duty - A task; a responsibility.

    3. Service - Work performed for others.

    4. Battle - A military campaign.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    duty; war; campaign; drafted labor; office; service; role

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    service; a servant, laborer; to serve

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    servant, laborer; service; to serve

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To garrison the border. Distant garrison duty is 遠役. | Military affairs are called 役. The Zuo Zhuan's "Battle of Bi" and "Battle of Chengpu" are examples. | To employ. (Mencius) "When the Way prevails, lesser virtue serves greater virtue; lesser worthiness serves greater worthiness." Hence, servants are called 厮役.
  • Onyomitip

    eki(えき) えき

    yaku(やく) やく

  • Kunyomitip

    ikusa(いくさ) いくさ

    tsuto.me(つとめ) つとめ

  • Strokestip

    7 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    彳 (gyonimben)

  • Related Keywords
    role duty service task function job position office battle campaign war responsibility work labor assignment part character actor contribute serve

Sentences including 役

  • I play an important part.

  • This screwdriver is too small to be any use.

  • This book may well be useful to you.

  • What good will that do?

  • This dictionary is of great use to me.

  • What is the use of worrying?

  • This tool is good for nothing.

  • I am entirely at your service.

  • I'd be happy to help you if you're having trouble.

  • Horses are useful animals.

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