役 (jik6 | yi4) : military service; servant; labourer

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役

jik6

yi4

[1] military service; battle
[2] servant; labourer

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 彳 (#60)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

役

This word has been viewed 3238 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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戰役 zin3 jik6 zhan4 yi4 = military campaign

兵役 bing1 jik6 bing1 yi4 = military service

兵役法 bing1 jik6 faat3 bing1 yi4 fa3 = military service law

服役 fuk6 jik6 fu2 yi4 = serve in the army; be in active service

奴役 nou4 jik6 nu2 yi4 = [v] enslave; [n] slavery, bondage

雜役 zaap6 jik6 za2 yi4 = odd-job man; handyman

差役 caai1 jik6 chai1 yi4 = corvee; runner or bailiff in a feudal yamen

役使 jik6 sai2 yi4 shi3 = work (an animal)

退役 teoi3 jik6 tui4 yi4 = to retire

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Decimal representation of this word: 役
Unicode code for this character: U+5f79 (off-site link)

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