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衙
yá
1. office
2. yamen [[衙門|衙门]]
Common • Top 12% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

衙
yá
public office; official residence
13 丶

Compound Words (5)

衙内
yánèi
child of an official
衙役
yáyì
bailiff of feudal yamen
衙署
yáshǔ
government office in feudal China
衙门
yámen
government office in feudal China
总理衙门
zǒnglǐyámen
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office

Alternate Entries

衙
Yá
surname Ya

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,768
Word Frequency Rank
9,882 of 84,292