Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N3
315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: ヤク エキ
Composition: 彳 殳
Radical: 彳
Reading: ぎょうにんべん
Meaning: step
Strokes: 3
役（やく） role
役者（やくしゃ） actor, actress
役割（やくわり） role, duties
役所（やくしょ） public office
役人（やくにん） government official
役に立つ（やくにたつ） useful
役立つ（やくだつ） useful
使役（しえき） enslavement
懲役（ちょうえき） imprisonment with hard labor
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 (in mahjong, card games, etc.), 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
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N3
315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 7
Meaning: duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: ヤク エキ
Composition: 彳 殳
Radical: 彳
Reading: ぎょうにんべん
Meaning: step
Strokes: 3
役（やく） role
役者（やくしゃ） actor, actress
役割（やくわり） role, duties
役所（やくしょ） public office
役人（やくにん） government official
役に立つ（やくにたつ） useful
役立つ（やくだつ） useful
使役（しえき） enslavement
懲役（ちょうえき） imprisonment with hard labor
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 (in mahjong, card games, etc.), 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