| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 柄節 【ヘイセツ】 scape (of an insect)
- 政柄 【セイヘイ】 political power
- 羽柄 【ウヘイ】 calamus, quill
Kun reading compounds
- 柄 【がら】 pattern, design, body build, figure, physique, essential qualities, character, nature, appropriate to, fitting of, suitable for
- ガラが悪い 【ガラがわるい】 ill-bred, vulgar, boorish
- 土地柄 【とちがら】 nature of the locality, character of a place, local colour, local color
- 役柄 【やくがら】 role
- 柄 【え】 handle, grip, stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
- 柄鏡 【えかがみ】 traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period
- 長柄 【ながえ】 long handle, long-handled spear, long shaft
- 柄 【つか】 hilt (of a sword), haft (of a dagger), handle, handgrip
- 柄頭 【つかがしら】 pommel
- 鎌柄 【かまつか】 pike gudgeon (Pseudogobio esocinus), Oriental photinia (Photinia villosa), Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis), Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor), tampala, sickle handle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- から、 ら
- Korean:
- byeong
Spanish
- asa
- agarradera
- diseño
- patrón
- dibujo
- figura
Portuguese
- projeto
- modelo
- construção
- natureza
- cabo
- manivela
- maçaneta
- puxador
French
- dessin
- motif
- construire
- nature
- manche
- poignée
- bouton
- manivelle
| 1776 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 904 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2234 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1168 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1424 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 862 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 985 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1019 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 989 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1085 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1111 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 604 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 799 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1030 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14603 | Morohashi |
| 897 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2627 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1021 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1097 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1270 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1853 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 4192.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 67c4 | Unicode hex code |