Chinese Character 役 Meanings and components.

Form

役

Meaning

役 meaning[3] in English

Forced Labor.

Corvée.

Obligatory Task.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 役 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 彳 (chi4) which means: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60), See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4], .彳chi4step with …

In cangjie it is written with HOHNE

How to write 役

To write役yi4forced labor you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 殳 = 役

役 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 役 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 役, looks as follow:

役
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Forced Labor . Corvée . Obligatory Task . Military Service . To Use As Servant . To Enserf . Servant (Old) . War . Campaign . Battle
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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