Read Edit View history Discussion 役 yì HSK7 service Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as 伇, which depicts a person (亻) being controlled by a weapon (殳). Based on the original meaning "to command". The meaning later shifted to "servant" and "service". Pinyin Separate values with commas yì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person. Modern form looks like unrelated 彳. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 役 Simp strokes 役 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 役 Simp strokes 役 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 役 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 303, 797 ], [ 324, 770 ], [ 329, 747 ], [ 281, 674 ], [ 228, 612 ], [ 175, 560 ], [ 136, 533 ] ], [ [ 317, 599 ], [ 341, 570 ], [ 348, 548 ], [ 307, 478 ], [ 195, 327 ], [ 114, 242 ], [ 67, 205 ] ], [ [ 260, 366 ], [ 265, 333 ], [ 276, 315 ], [ 273, 191 ], [ 260, 66 ], [ 266, 6 ] ], [ [ 475, 745 ], [ 500, 727 ], [ 512, 700 ], [ 501, 579 ], [ 479, 515 ], [ 453, 476 ], [ 431, 455 ], [ 398, 436 ] ], [ [ 527, 740 ], [ 551, 732 ], [ 648, 766 ], [ 683, 764 ], [ 699, 748 ], [ 679, 670 ], [ 674, 594 ], [ 679, 561 ], [ 693, 535 ], [ 716, 520 ], [ 740, 514 ], [ 805, 516 ], 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564 253 521 297 Q 484 337 449 336 Q 430 337 427 332 Q 426 325 441 314 Q 486 289 580 180 L 614 140 Z" ] } 7 strokes 役 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 303, 797 ], [ 324, 770 ], [ 329, 747 ], [ 281, 674 ], [ 228, 612 ], [ 175, 560 ], [ 136, 533 ] ], [ [ 317, 599 ], [ 341, 570 ], [ 348, 548 ], [ 307, 478 ], [ 195, 327 ], [ 114, 242 ], [ 67, 205 ] ], [ [ 260, 366 ], [ 265, 333 ], [ 276, 315 ], [ 273, 191 ], [ 260, 66 ], [ 266, 6 ] ], [ [ 475, 745 ], [ 500, 727 ], [ 512, 700 ], [ 501, 579 ], [ 479, 515 ], [ 453, 476 ], [ 431, 455 ], [ 398, 436 ] ], [ [ 527, 740 ], [ 551, 732 ], [ 648, 766 ], [ 683, 764 ], [ 699, 748 ], [ 679, 670 ], [ 674, 594 ], [ 679, 561 ], [ 693, 535 ], [ 716, 520 ], [ 740, 514 ], [ 805, 516 ], [ 855, 529 ], [ 900, 523 ] ], [ [ 468, 389 ], [ 539, 387 ], [ 631, 412 ], [ 660, 414 ], [ 700, 401 ], [ 658, 265 ], [ 626, 201 ], [ 590, 151 ], [ 552, 116 ], [ 493, 77 ], [ 429, 53 ], [ 379, 45 ] ], [ [ 433, 330 ], [ 463, 319 ], [ 491, 300 ], [ 641, 149 ], [ 756, 68 ], [ 824, 51 ], [ 961, 38 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 292 789 Q 299 770 291 753 Q 266 698 227 649 Q 190 601 141 549 Q 131 540 128 534 Q 124 524 137 525 Q 191 532 325 683 Q 329 701 360 724 Q 363 727 367 729 Q 377 738 374 751 Q 371 764 346 789 Q 322 808 305 811 Q 286 811 292 789 Z", "M 262 373 Q 296 416 334 467 Q 362 510 386 531 Q 396 541 392 555 Q 388 568 362 592 Q 337 611 318 613 Q 299 612 306 590 Q 318 559 304 534 Q 235 396 73 222 Q 63 212 59 207 Q 55 195 69 197 Q 108 201 235 342 L 262 373 Z", "M 235 342 Q 269 258 228 91 Q 216 40 250 1 Q 251 -2 254 -4 Q 270 -20 282 6 Q 297 46 296 91 Q 297 257 304 295 Q 311 322 302 332 Q 268 369 262 373 C 240 393 225 370 235 342 Z", "M 519 743 Q 486 759 475 757 Q 456 754 471 734 Q 489 703 479 590 Q 475 565 463 532 Q 451 499 407 453 Q 394 441 391 435 Q 390 429 400 429 Q 430 429 471 470 Q 528 527 540 680 Q 543 696 545 707 C 549 729 546 730 519 743 Z", "M 903 510 Q 919 516 909 532 Q 893 551 874 562 Q 861 569 836 558 Q 797 539 747 540 Q 716 540 706 563 Q 693 585 703 653 Q 704 693 744 736 Q 762 752 744 767 Q 719 788 690 799 Q 678 805 661 793 Q 592 760 519 743 C 490 736 518 693 545 707 Q 552 714 634 742 Q 644 746 651 745 Q 660 742 659 727 Q 656 678 652 634 Q 645 582 657 548 Q 664 520 690 504 Q 727 483 798 486 Q 868 490 903 510 Z", "M 645 182 Q 684 245 719 340 Q 732 371 753 391 Q 772 407 759 422 Q 744 435 711 447 Q 686 454 657 440 Q 627 428 587 417 Q 547 407 480 400 Q 464 399 460 391 Q 456 384 475 375 Q 514 359 568 374 Q 625 395 635 394 Q 663 393 657 364 Q 638 277 604 216 L 580 180 Q 511 93 376 53 Q 361 47 374 39 Q 381 35 424 37 Q 526 46 614 140 L 645 182 Z", "M 614 140 Q 728 20 765 14 Q 864 14 933 24 Q 970 30 967 39 Q 966 45 930 56 Q 723 117 650 178 Q 647 181 645 182 L 604 216 Q 564 253 521 297 Q 484 337 449 336 Q 430 337 427 332 Q 426 325 441 314 Q 486 289 580 180 L 614 140 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × 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