| 299 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 388 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 368 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 304 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4779 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 430 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 971 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1141 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 515 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 524 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 727 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1790 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1853 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 981 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1330 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1448 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39771 | Morohashi |
| 1460 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6163 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1436 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1544 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 308 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 363 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
359 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 配給 【ハイキュウ】 distribution (e.g. films, rice), rationing (e.g. food, gasoline), food ration
- 配管 【ハイカン】 plumbing, piping
- 無配 【ムハイ】 without dividend
- 宅配 【タクハイ】 home delivery
Kun reading compounds
- 配る 【くばる】 to distribute, to hand out, to deliver, to deal out, to serve out, to allot, to allocate, to place (staff, soldiers, etc.), to station
Readings
- Korean:
- bae
Spanish
- distribuir
- racionar
Portuguese
- distribuir
- cônjuge
- exílio
- racionamento
French
- distribuer
- épouse
- exiler
- rationner
| 3256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7e3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 1761.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 914d | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |