324 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
419 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
397 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
315 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1598 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
171 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
519 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
368 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
375 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
376 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
609 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
620 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
288 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
217 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
893 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10057 | Morohashi |
244 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1726 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
884 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
949 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
266 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
290 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 役 【ヤク】 role, assignment, responsibility, duty, function, job, service, position (of responsibility), post, office, part (in a play, film, etc.), role, character, scoring combination, hand, yaku, meld
- 役員 【ヤクイン】 director, executive, officer, official, person in charge
- 悪役 【アクヤク】 villain, baddie, the villain's part
- 大役 【タイヤク】 important task, important role, great duty, important mission, major part (in a film, play, etc.), leading role, high-scoring combination
- 役 【エキ】 war, campaign, battle, unpaid work (ritsuryō system), forced labor
- 役務 【エキム】 labor, labour, service
- 荷役 【ニエキ】 handling cargo, loading and unloading
- 就役 【シュウエキ】 being placed on duty, going into commission (of a warship, freighter, etc.), being placed in commission
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちゃく
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- oficio
- deber
- servicio
- papel
- (guerra)
Portuguese
- dever
- guerra
- campanha
- esboço
- escritório
- serviço
- papel
French
- rôle
- fonctions
- guerre
- campagne
- corvée
- poste
- service
2068 | 2001 Kanji |
3i4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
2724.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f79 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
624 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 就業 【シュウギョウ】 employment, starting work
- 就学 【シュウガク】 entering school, school attendance
- 去就 【キョシュウ】 leaving or staying, (one's) course of action, (one's) position, (one's) attitude
- 進退去就 【シンタイキョシュウ】 one's course of action, deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it
- 本懐成就 【ホンカイジョウジュ】 realization of a great ambition, attainment of one's most cherished desire, one's earnest prayer being answered
- 不空成就 【フクウジョウジュ】 Amoghasiddhi, Infallible Magic (a dhyani-Buddha)
Kun reading compounds
- 就く 【つく】 to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.), to assume, to be hired, to be employed, to ascend (the throne), to accede, to start (on a journey), to commence, to depart, to study (under teacher), to be an apprentice
- 就ける 【つける】 to install (a king, emperor, etc.), to appoint (to a post), to promote, to assign (to study under)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たか、 なり
- Korean:
- chwi
Spanish
- llegar al trabajo
- realizar
- establecerse en
- tomar posición
- llevar a cabo
Portuguese
- colocar
- tomar partido
- lado de um contrato
- partido
French
- concernant
- s'installer
- prendre place
- prendre un poste
- adhérer à
- se rendre à
- étudier
- par
807 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
900 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
890 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
953 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
323 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
759 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1226 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1668 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
934 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
961 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
514 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
520 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2129 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1113 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1512 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1988 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7599 | Morohashi |
1694 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1401 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1969 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2121 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
947 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
457 | 2001 Kanji |
3d9.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-4 | SKIP code |
0391.4 | Four corner code |
1-29-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c31 | Unicode hex code |