Question

役 ちゃく 役割(やくわり): part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties役(やく): (1) use; service; role (2) post; position (3) scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand主役(しゅやく): leading part; leading actor (actress)役所(やくしょ): government office; public office役者(やくしゃ): actor; actress役人(やくにん): government official役目(やくめ): duty; business; role役場(やくば): town hall重役(じゅうやく): company director; top management; high executive; (person with) heavy responsibilities役に立つ(やくにたつ): to be helpful; to be useful役職(やくしょく): post; managerial position; official position役立つ(やくだつ): to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 3 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60)殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79) 彳 3 (none) duty Imagine those poor saps in charge of nuclear silos, responsible for ICBMS, those towering column missiles. When the order comes they must decide whether to obey their concience or do their duty and damn the world to atomic annihilation.

Accepted Answer

ヤク、エキ duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role 3 315 7 60 ぎょうにんべん 会意 Compound Ideographic Japanese kamikaze pilots (and the American from Dr. Strangelove) are so devoted to their duty that they go with their missiles.

Kanji	役
Onyomi	ヤク、エキ
Nanori	ちゃく
English	duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
Examples	役割(やくわり): part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties 役(やく): (1) use; service; role (2) post; position (3) scoring combination (e.g. in mahjong, card games, etc.); hand 主役(しゅやく): leading part; leading actor (actress) 役所(やくしょ): government office; public office 役者(やくしゃ): actor; actress 役人(やくにん): government official 役目(やくめ): duty; business; role 役場(やくば): town hall 重役(じゅうやく): company director; top management; high executive; (person with) heavy responsibilities 役に立つ(やくにたつ): to be helpful; to be useful 役職(やくしょく): post; managerial position; official position 役立つ(やくだつ): to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	315
Components	彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 殳: pike; windy-again radical (no. 79)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	彳
Radical Number	60
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	ぎょうにんべん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	duty
Koohii Story 1	Japanese kamikaze pilots (and the American from Dr. Strangelove) are so devoted to their duty that they go with their missiles.
Koohii Story 2	Imagine those poor saps in charge of nuclear silos, responsible for ICBMS, those towering column missiles. When the order comes they must decide whether to obey their concience or do their duty and damn the world to atomic annihilation.

Role Duty Part Post Position Leading Government Official