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Kanji Detail for 郵 - "post station, mail"

郵

  • Meaning

    郵 means "post station, mail." Also associated with courier.

    1. Post station - Relay station for mail.

    2. Courier - Mail carrier; messenger.

  • Words using 郵

    • 郵便 ゆうびん Listen mail service; postal service; mail
    • 郵政省 ゆうせいしょう Listen (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
    • 郵政 ゆうせい Listen postal system
    • 郵便局 ゆうびんきょく Listen post office
    • 郵貯 ゆうちょ Listen postal (post-office) savings (deposit)
    • 郵送 ゆうそう Listen mailing; posting

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    • Verified meaning: post station, mail
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ゆう, らんらん)
    • Also carries these associations: courier

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 郵

    Given names 郵(ゆう)Listen

    Surnames 郵(らんらん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mail; stagecoach stop

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    postal, mail; post office

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    post (office); mail

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mail; post office

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A postal relay. 置郵 is found in the Mencius. Relay by horse is called 置, relay on foot is called 郵. Today, the government-established communication service is called the Post Office. | A field hut. 郵亭 refers to the field overseers building a pavilion at the boundary of fields to reside in and supervise the farmers' cultivation. Found in the commentary to the Book of Rites. | The highest or utmost. 殿最 (best and worst) is also written as 殿郵. Also means fault. The ancient official title 督郵 was responsible for supervising and investigating faults of subordinate counties. Both interchangeable with 尤.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yuu(ユウ) ユウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    邑 阝 (ozato・mura)

  • Related Keywords

    post station courier mail hut mistake carrier correspondence delivery express letter messenger package parcel relay stamp postal

Sentences including 郵

  • Is there a post office near here?

  • Is there a post office around here?

  • Teach the way from the here to post office.

  • You'll take this to the post office , won't you?

  • I found her letter in the mailbox.

  • Upon returning home , he found a letter in the mailbox.

  • What will the postage be?

  • The post office is down the street.

  • I want you to go to the post office.

  • There is a post office close by.

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