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郵

Mail
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingユウ
JōyōGrade 6Level 26

Verbs with «郵»

郵送する
  1. mailing
  2. posting

Popular Usage

郵便局

Radicals and components

Radical邑city
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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droop · silage · city walls

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1990

Compound words

郵便局ゆうびんきょく
post office
郵送ゆうそう
mailing; posting
郵便ゆうびん
mail service; postal service; mail; post; mail
郵政ゆうせい
postal system
郵貯ゆうちょ
postal (post-office) savings (deposit)
郵政省ゆうせいしょう
(former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
郵税ゆうぜい
postage
郵袋ゆうたい
mailbag
郵送料ゆうそうりょう
postage
書留郵便かきとめゆうびん
registered mail
年賀郵便ねんがゆうびん
New Year's mail
郵政大臣ゆうせいだいじん
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
郵便記号ゆうびんきごう
(Japanese) postal symbol
郵送するゆうそうする
to mail
定型郵便物ていけいゆうびんぶつ
standard-size mail
定形郵便物ていけいゆうびんぶつ
standard-size mail

Additional Examples

彼の家はちょうど郵便局の真向かいにある。
His house is just across from the post office.tatoeba
彼が帰宅すると郵便箱に手紙が入っていた。
Upon returning home, he found a letter in the mailbox.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Mail. 垂 (remote lands) + ⻏ (settlement) — stations linking distant places. 郵便 — post.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 郵

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step