1. 役

役

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  1. 役 is the 1243rd most frequent character.
  2. 役 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 役 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 役 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
役 => 彳, 殳
Radical :
役 => 彳 (step), 殳 (weapon/lance)
Graphical :
役 => ㇒, 丨, 丿, ㇠, ㇇, ㇏

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi4 - forced labor/corvée/obligatory task/military service/to use as servant/to enserf/servant (old)/war/campaign/battle

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 役 (yi4): The component 彳 is pronounced as 'chi4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

战役 (戰役)
退役 

Medium Frequency

兵役 
奴役 
役 
服役 
现役 (現役)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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