役
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forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
Formation & memory
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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 with 役
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役 | Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942 – February 1943), a pivotal campaign in the Pacific The… | |
| 斯大林格勒战役 | Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the blood… | |
| 一身两役 | one person taking on two tasks simultaneously | |
| 役使动物 | draft animals; beasts of burden | |
| 中途岛战役 | Battle of Midway, June 1942 | |
| 平津战役 | Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Lib… | |
| 毕其功于一役 | to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom) | |
| 不列颠战役 | Battle of Britain (Jul-Oct 1940) | |
| 服兵役 | to serve in the army | |
| 战役 | military campaign | |
| 夫役 | corvee; laborer | |
| 靖难之役 | war of 1402 between successors of the first Ming Emperor | |
| 淮海战役 | Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Lib… | |
| 服役 | to serve in the army; in active service | |
| 兵役 | military service | |
| 苦役 | forced labor; corvée; penal servitude | |
| 田役 | farm work | |
| 劳役 | forced labor; corvée (labor required of a serf); animal labor | |
| 现役 | (military) active duty; (sports) currently active (player, athlete etc) | |
| 预备役 | reserve duty; reserve service; military reserve |