| 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 5
JLPT level N3
175 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 得 【トク】 profit, advantage, benefit, gain, rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
- 得意 【トクイ】 satisfaction, pride, triumph, elation, one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty, regular customer, regular client, patron
- 拾得 【シュウトク】 finding (lost property), picking up
- 体得 【タイトク】 mastery, learning through experience, realization, realisation, comprehension
Kun reading compounds
- 得る 【える】 to get, to earn, to acquire, to procure, to gain, to secure, to attain, to obtain, to win, to understand, to comprehend, to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment), to get (ill), to be able to ..., can ...
- 得る 【うる】 to be able to ..., can ..., to get, to acquire, to obtain, to procure, to earn, to win, to gain, to secure, to attain
- 得撫草 【うるっぷそう】 weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あつ、 てろ
- Korean:
- deug
Spanish
- ventaja
- beneficio
- provecho
- conseguir
- obtener
Portuguese
- ganho
- obtem
- achado
- ganhar
- adquirir
- poder
- capacidade
- lucro
- vantagem
- benefício
French
- obtenir
- gain
- gagner
- trouver
- acquérir
- pouvoir
- profit
- avantage
- bénéfice
| 850 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 587 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 761 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 358 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1622 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 340 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 523 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1299 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 374 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 375 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 643 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 631 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 577 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 351 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 435 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 885 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10137 | Morohashi |
| 477 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1755 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 876 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 941 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 167 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 574 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2048 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 2624.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f97 | Unicode hex code |