= y + a2
surname Ya
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= y + a2
office / yamen 衙門|衙门
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How to pronounce 衙

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ a2 final

In the ashram’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

衙 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
chì = ch + Ø4
step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4]
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= w + Ø2
surname Wu
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= w + Ø2
I / my (old)
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= w + Ø2
(old) I; my
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Characters with 衙 as component

衙 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 衙

government office in feudal China / yamen
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
child of an official / palace bodyguard

Sentences with 衙

衙 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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