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衙
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public office

HSK 10
Human →Body
yá
ガ、ギョ、ゴ
아
Phonosemantic compound. 行 represents the meaning and 吾 represents the sound.
Components
行 go/row+ 吾 I (literary) =
衙 public office
行 Meaning component
xíng go/row
go
吾 Phonetic component
wú I (literary)
i, my, our
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Notes
Similar Characters
卫 defend (simp)衍 develop術 art (trad/jp)衕 alley (trad)衖 lane (archaic)街 street衚 alley (trad)衛 protect (jp)衝 collide (trad/jp)衢 highway鴴 plover (trad)鸻 plover (simp)术 skill (simp)彳 step桁 cross-beams of roof珩 the top gem筕 woven bamboo mat絎 baste (trad)绗 baste (simp)荇 a water plant
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
衙
Regular
Modern
Chinese
衙 [Yá]
surname Ya
衙 [yá]
office; yamen 衙門|衙门
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
衙门 [yá​men] #27,841
government office in feudal China
衙门 [yá​men] #27,841
government office in feudal China
衙役 [yá​yì] #36,176
bailiff of feudal yamen
衙内 [yá​nèi] #37,231
child of an official
衙内 [yá​nèi] #37,231
child of an official
衙署 [yá​shǔ] #54,042
government office in feudal China
总理衙门 [zǒng​lǐ​yá​men]
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
总理衙门 [zǒng​lǐ​yá​men]
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
铁打的衙门，流水的官 [tiě​dǎ​de​yá​men​, ​liú​shuǐ​de​guān]
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
铁打的衙门，流水的官 [tiě​dǎ​de​yá​men​, ​liú​shuǐ​de​guān]
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (6)
官衙 [かんが] #100,431
government office
国衙 [こくが] #149,146
provincial governor's office
衙門 [がもん] #188,211
government office
国衙領 [こくがりょう] #228,005
provincial governorate (beginning in the late Heian period)
公衙 [こうが]
government office
衙府 [がふ]
government office
KOREAN WORDS (1)
관아
gwana; government office