漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
郵: mail, stagecoach stop
JLPT N211 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
⻏ carries the meaning · 垂 is drawn in
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ユウyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 郵便ゆうびんmail, postal service
- 郵便物ゆうびんぶつpostal items
- 郵便局ゆうびんきょくpost office
- 郵送料ゆうそうりょうpostage, freight costs
- 郵便屋さんゆうびんやさんpostman
- 郵送するゆうそうするmail, post, send
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Welcome to the village! This "big town" radical brings the feeling of community, borders, and organized civilization to a kanji.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
垂
Also built on droop (垂)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side郵 mail · ⻏
vs唾 saliva · 口In ChineseSimplified 邮 · traditional, as in Japanese · yóu
Japan keeps the traditional form 郵; mainland China simplifies it to 邮.
- Simplified
- 邮 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 郵 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yóu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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