| 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
598 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 責 【セキ】 responsibility, duty, obligation
- 責任 【セキニン】 duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff), liability, onus
- 問責 【モンセキ】 blame, censure, reproof, reprimand, rebuke
- 引責 【インセキ】 taking responsibility
Kun reading compounds
- 責める 【せめる】 to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise, to reproach, to accuse, to urge, to press, to pester, to torture, to torment, to persecute, to break in (a horse)
Readings
- Korean:
- chaeg, chae
Spanish
- condena
- censura
- obligación
- condenar
- censurar
- culpar
- criticar
Portuguese
- culpa
- condenar
- censurar
French
- blâmer
- condamner
- critiquer
| 649 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 751 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 728 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 759 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4492 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 492 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 923 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 655 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 666 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 638 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1726 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3115 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1595 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2176 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1555 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36682 | Morohashi |
| 2467 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5780 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1541 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1661 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 739 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1461 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 5080.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8cac | Unicode hex code |