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役

forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle

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How 役 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person walking over 彳 with food in hand 殳

components: 彳 殳

How to remember it

service · Heisig RSH #1997

queue + missile

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 役

WordPinyinMeaning
瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役 Guā dá ěr kǎ nà ěr Dǎo Zhàn yì Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific The…
斯大林格勒战役 Sī dà lín gé lè Zhàn yì Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the blood…
一身两役 yī shēn liǎng yì one person taking on two tasks simultaneously
役使动物 yì shǐ dòng wù draft animals; beasts of burden
中途岛战役 Zhōng tú Dǎo Zhàn yì Battle of Midway, June 1942
平津战役 Píng jīn Zhàn yì Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Lib…
毕其功于一役 bì qí gōng yú yī yì to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
不列颠战役 Bù liè diān Zhàn yì Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940)
服兵役 fú bīng yì to serve in the army
战役 zhàn yì military campaign
夫役 fū yì corvee; laborer
靖难之役 jìng nán zhī yì war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor
淮海战役 Huái hǎi Zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Lib…
服役 fú yì to serve in the army; in active service
兵役 bīng yì military service
苦役 kǔ yì forced labor; corvée; penal servitude
田役 tián yì farm work
劳役 láo yì forced labor; corvée (labor required of a serf); animal labor
现役 xiàn yì (military) active duty; (sports) currently active (player, athlete etc)
预备役 yù bèi yì reserve duty; reserve service; military reserve