shū​yì

clerk

  • created sense approved 书役/書役 · shū​yì · clerk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    书役 / 書役

    shū​yì

    clerk

    clerk or copyist in a government office in imperial China who handled official documents and records

    书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · document 役 (bound) → 役 · yì · servant

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense