衙

public office; official residence; surname Ya; office; yamen 衙門|衙门

Strokes
13
Pinyin
yá

Parts

Words with 衙

  1. 衙内yá nèi · yaneichild of an official; palace bodyguard
  2. 衙役yá yì · yayibailiff of feudal yamen
  3. 衙署yá shǔ · yashugovernment office in feudal China; yamen
  4. 衙门yá men · yamenyamen, government office in dynastic China
  5. 总理衙门zǒng lǐ yá men · zongliyamenthe Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
  6. 铁打的衙门,流水的官tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān · tiedadeyamen,liushuideguanlit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom); fig. government officials come and go

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences