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郵 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「⻏」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「⻏」
On
ユウゆう · yū
Kun
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Meaning
post; mail

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

垂 "to hang down" plus ⻏ "village"; documents relayed from post to post — hence "mail."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onユウゆうyū郵便ゆうびん郵送ゆうそう郵券ゆうけん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 郵便ゆうびん

    mail; post

  • 郵送ゆうそう

    sending by post

More words with this kanji

  • 郵便局ゆうびんきょく
  • 郵便袋ゆうびんぶくろ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

郵便(ゆうびん)で荷物(にもつ)を送(おく)った。

I sent the parcel by post.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

郵便郵送郵便conven…送send郷hometo…邑villag…邨a vill…那what?邦countr…優gentle又furthe…友friend尤reason…右right
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Compound

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