郵 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「⻏」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「⻏」
- On
- ユウ
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- post; mail
Origin
垂 "to hang down" plus ⻏ "village"; documents relayed from post to post — hence "mail."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ユウ | 郵便・郵送・郵券 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 郵便ゆうびん
mail; post
- 郵送ゆうそう
sending by post
Example
郵便で荷物を送った。
I sent the parcel by post.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)