郵 – mail, stagecoach stop

11 strokesTaught in grade 6#917 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 郵 means mail, stagecoach stop. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ユウ (yuu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 邑 (no. 163).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ユウ	yuu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 邑 (Kangxi radical 163). Components: ｜・ノ・一・邦.

Words using 郵

郵便局ゆうびんきょくpost office郵便ゆうびんmail service郵送ゆうそうmailing

Example sentences

あの〜郵便局はどちらでしょうか。

Uh..., where's the post office?

Tatoeba #231383

強盗が郵便列車をめちゃくちゃにした。

Robbers wrecked the mail train.

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計算書は四半期ごとに郵送されます。

Statements will be mailed every quarter.

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Kanji with the same radical

部都邦邸郡郷郊邪那

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