the official residence of Confucius' descendants at Qufu 曲阜, Shandong
trad. 衍聖公府
Also written 衍聖公府【Yǎn shèng gōng fǔ】
Characters in this word
4衍
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to spread out, to develop, to overflow, to amplify, superfluous
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Strokes
- 9
圣
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(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
- Pinyin
- kū
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3194 of 2500
公
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public, collectively owned, common, international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar), make public, fair, just, Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], honorable (gentlemen), father-in-law, male (animal)
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 10647 of 2500
府
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seat of government, government repository (archive), official residence, mansion, presidential palace, (honorific) Your home, prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
- Pinyin
- fǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 17560 of 2500