役

役 (radical 60, 彳+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹人竹弓水 (HOHNE), four-corner 2724₇, composition ⿰彳殳)

• KangXi: page 365, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10057
• Dae Jaweon: page 685, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 814, character 23
• Unihan data for U+5F79

From 為 (OC *ɢʷal, “to do”) with k-extension (Schuessler, 2007).

役

1. ^† to guard the borders
2. ^† soldier
3. ^† matter; event; incident
4. war; military campaign
5. forced labour
6. military service
7. labourer
8. servant
9. to use as a servant
10. ^† to attract
11. ^† student; disciple
12. ^† duty; responsibility
13. ^† low-ranking official
14. ^† to arrange into rows
15. ^† to help; to aid
16. ^† to be; to act as
17. ^† to practise; to act with

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. duty, office
2. service
3. role, part

• Go-on: やく (yaku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: えき (eki, Jōyō)
• Kun: つとめ (tsutome, 役); えだち (edachi, 役)
• Nanori: え (e); えん (en); えんの (enno); おうこ (ōko); おうせ (ōse); おおせ (ōse); まもり (mamori); まもる (mamoru)

From Middle Chinese 役 (MC jwiᴇk̚). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) やく​ [yàkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

役 (hiragana やく, rōmaji yaku)

1. role, service, use
2. (card games, mahjong) hand, scoring combination

役 (hiragana やく, rōmaji -yaku)

1. playing the role of...

   涼 (すず)宮 (みや)ハルヒ役 (やく)の平 (ひら)野 (の)綾 (あや)さん

   Suzumiya Haruhi-yaku no Hirano Aya-san

   Aya Hirano, who voices Haruhi Suzumiya

From Middle Chinese 役 (MC jwiᴇk̚).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) え​き [éꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [e̞kʲi]

役 (hiragana えき, rōmaji eki)

1. war; battle
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役 (hiragana えき, rōmaji eki)

1. duty; service
2. put to work, labor
3. war; battle

役 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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役 (dịch, việc)

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