Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (xíng) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1109, Entry 24 Pronounced ya. Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun): Described as ya government office. Categorized Rhymes (Leipian): In ancient times, when the army marched, there was a designated stopping place which was the location of the honorable. Later generations therefore called the place of governance a yamen. Jade Chapter (Yupian): To visit. Sea of Characters (Pianhai): To gather for a morning or evening assembly. Old History of Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Rituals and Guards: Under the Tang dynasty system, the place where the Son of Heaven resided was called a ya. Also a place name. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin, Annotations: Geography Treatise notes that Fengyi has Ya County. Also a surname. General Treatises (Tongzhi), Survey of Clans: The Ya clan, surname Ying; a son of Duke Mu of Qin held a fief in Ya, and therefore took Ya as his surname. During the Han dynasty, there was a Prefect of Changping named Ya Qing. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Annals of Emperor Hui: King of Hejian, Sima Yong, dispatched the general Ya Bo to Shu to attack Li Te. Also pronounced yu. Ya-ya, the appearance of walking. Song Yu, Nine Arguments (Jiubian): Guiding the flight of Lian with a swaggering gait. Also describes a distant or sparse appearance. Also rhyming supplement: Pronounced e. Han Yu poem: Nodding to approve his memorial, sending him off with purple jade horse bits. Slandering the Son of Heaven, urinating in the palace hall in broad daylight. Ending the stanza with the ge rhyme. Also pronounced yu. Meaning is the same. Also pronounced yu. Identical to the character for govern, meaning to stop. Also Corrected Characters Dictionary (Zhengzitong): Entering the ma rhyme, pronounced ya. Identical to the character for meet or welcome.