役

yì

service; a servant, laborer; to serve

How to write 役, stroke by stroke

forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle

Ideographic: A person walking over 彳 with food in hand 殳

Made of 彳 + 殳

战役zhàn yìmilitary campaign
服役fú yìto serve in the army; in active service
退役tuì yì(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
奴役nú yìto enslave
兵役bīng yìmilitary service
服兵役fú bīng yìto serve in the army
使役shǐ yìto use (an animal or servant); working (animal); (beast) of burden; causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
劳役láo yìforced labor; corvée (labor required of a serf); animal labor
夫役fū yìcorvee; laborer
差役chāi yìforced labor of feudal tenant (corvée); bailiff of feudal yamen
役使yì shǐto put to work (servant or animal); to make use of for labor
役龄yì língenlistment age

他的儿子正在服役。
tā de ér zi zhèng zài fú yì 。
His son is serving his sentence.
他让人们摆脱了奴役。
tā ràng rén men bǎi tuō le nú yì 。
He liberated the people from bondage.
很多士兵在这场战役中严重受伤。
hěn duō shì bīng zài zhè chǎng zhàn yì zhōng yán zhòng shòu shāng 。
Many soldiers suffered terrible wounds in the battle.
奴役制是一种危害人类罪。
nú yì zhì shì yì zhǒng wēi hài rén lèi zuì 。
Slavery is a crime against humanity.
如此复杂的工作决不能毕其功于一役。
rú cǐ fù zá de gōng zuò jué bù néng bì qí gōng yú yí yì 。
A complicated job like that can't be done in the blink of an eye.