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衙

Mandarin · pinyin yá#

office
yamen 衙門

Mandarin · pinyin Yá#

surname Ya

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衙: yá · public office; official residence

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character · Etymology 1

public office
official residence
a surname

character · Etymology 2

only used in 衙衙 (“walking; marching (of troops)”)

character · Etymology 3

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short for 由衙 (“a kind of bamboo”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “to resist; to block”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “violent; tyrannical”)

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