EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    military service; conscription

    しかし人々は政府に対して5年間の兵役を努めなければならなかった。
    But every man had to give five years of service to the government.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics

Kun
つわもの
On
ヘイヒョウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
522 of 2500
Radical
eight
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-5-2SKIP code
2o5.6The Kanji Dictionary
7280.1Four corner code
2661deroo
5175Unicode hex code
1-42-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
201Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
374New Nelson (John Haig)
2551New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3158Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2207Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1331Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1429Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
447A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
499Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
396Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1462Morohashi
578A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
784Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
798Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
712sakade
343Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
606henshall3
489Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
243crowley
994Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
155Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1343Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bing1Pinyin reading
byeongKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role

On
ヤクエキ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
315 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

ちゃく

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3i4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2724.7Four corner code
2068deroo
5f79Unicode hex code
1-44-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1598Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1726New Nelson (John Haig)
244New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
288Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
217Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
884Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
949Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
315A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
368Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
171Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10057Morohashi
397A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
375Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
376Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
324sakade
519Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
419henshall3
290Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
266crowley
609Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
620Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
893Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
yeogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level