郵

音読おんよみ: ユウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

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部首ぶしゅ: おおざと(⻏)

Meaning

Mail / Postal / Post Office

  • 郵便ゆうびん — mail; postal service
  • 郵送ゆうそう — mailing; sending by post
  • 郵便局ゆうびんきょく — post office
  • 郵袋ゆうたい — mailbag

originally referred to relay stations along roads in ancient China, where officials or messengers would change horses. From this idea of communication posts, the character came to mean “mail” or “postal system.”

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