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Keyword
office
  • public office
  • official residence
Frequency
#3222
Strokes
13
Readings
yá
Mnemonic
行 (go) gives the meaning and 吾 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
衙门yámen
yamen, government office in dynastic China
衙yá
office; yamen 衙门
衙署yáshǔ
government office in feudal China; yamen
衙内yánèi
child of an official; palace bodyguard
衙役yáyì
bailiff of feudal yamen
总理衙门zǒnglǐyámen
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office