役
役 — yeok
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 부릴 역
- Romanization
- yeok
- English
- service; a servant, laborer; to serve
- Mandarin
- yì
- Japanese on'yomi
- ヤク, エキ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- つとめ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #315 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 彳 (60, 4 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5F79
Words written with 役
- 적역適役 알맞은 배역
- 가역苛役 매우 힘든 일
- 신역新役 새로 맡은 일
- 다역多役 여러 가지 역할
- 난역難役 어려운 역할이나 일
- 삼역三役 세 사람 몫의 역할
- 이역吏役 이속(吏屬)의 임무
- 부역負役 백성이 부담하는 공역
- 하역荷役 짐을 싣고 내리는 일
- 행역行役 여행의 피로와 괴로움
- 가역家役 집을 짓거나 고치는 일
- 호역戶役 집집마다 부과되는 부역
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 役
- 役割やくわり part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role
- 役員やくいん director; executive; officer
- 取締役とりしまりやく company director; board member
- 役やく role; assignment; responsibility
- 懲役ちょうえき penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
- 現役げんえき active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school
- 主役しゅやく leading part; leading actor; leading actress
- 三役さんやく three highest ranks (wrestling, unions, etc.); three parts; three divisions
- 役所やくしょ government office; public office
- 相談役そうだんやく counselor; counsellor; adviser
- 取締役会とりしまりやくかい board of directors; board of directors' meeting
- 役者やくしゃ actor; actress; man of wits
Japanese data from EDRDG KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0)