役 — duty, war, campaign
やく
役
duty
やく
U+5F79
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #315
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #949
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- duty
- war
- campaign
- drafted labor
- office
- service
- role
Readings
- On'yomi
- やく yaku えき eki
word
やく yaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
えき eki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
39 wordsEach dot is a word containing 役: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 21 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.