Kanji Detail for 衙 - "palace, office, attend"

衙

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
衙 means "palace, office, attend."
1. Palace - The dwelling of the emperor.
2. Office - A government bureau.
3. Attend - To assemble; to gather.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

government office

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

public office; official residence

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Ya

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

public office; official residence

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A government office. 衙門 was originally written as 牙門. In ancient times, large tooth-shaped flags were set up in front of army tents. Hence this name.
Onyomi

ga(が)

go(ご)

gyo(ぎょ)
Kunyomi

yakusho
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

行 (gyo・gyogamae・yukigamae)
Related Keywords
palace dwelling emperor office government bureau attend assemble gather