Kanji

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: compulsory service to the state, corvee

Kunyomi: えだち ふぞろ.い つかい

Onyomi: ヨウ エウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: step

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ヨウエキ statute-labor service (ritsuryō period), socage

ゾウヨウ forced labour (labor) imposed upon commoners (ritsuryō period)