The kanji 役: meaning, readings and stroke order

役

Meaning: role, duty
On reading: ヤク yaku、エキ eki
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 7
Radical: 彳 step
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vai trò, nhiệm vụ (dịch)
Japanese: やくめ。うけもつしごと。
Korean: 역할, 맡은 일 (역)
Chinese: 角色、任务

Readings, words and example sentences

ヤク yaku · on reading

役やく目め
job, role
大切な 役やく目めを受けました。
I was given an important job.

エキ eki · on reading · less common

兵へい役えき
military service
むかしの日本には 兵へい役えきがありました。
Long ago, Japan had military service.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.