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Kanji Detail for 郵 - "mail, post, delivery"

  • Meaning

    郵 means "mail, post, delivery."

    1. Post station - Relay station for mail.

    2. Courier - Mail carrier; messenger.

  • 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.
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Sentences including

  • 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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