Tom is a Vietnam veteran.
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役
yì
yì · jik6 (Jyutping)
- forced labor
- corvée
- obligatory task
- military service
- to use as servant
- to enserf
- servant (old)
- war
- campaign
- battle
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Character breakdown
役
- Meaning
- service; a servant, laborer; to serve
- Radical
- 彳
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰彳殳
- Cangjie
- HOHNE
- Four-corner
- 2724.7
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Example sentences
Slavery is a crime against humanity.
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