Chinese Character 郵 Meanings and components.

Form

郵

Meaning

郵 meaning[3] in English

Post (Office).

Mail.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 郵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to hang (down) (垂) , and (阝)

Its radical[1] is: 邑 (yi4) which means: City, Village, .邑yi4city

In cangjie it is written with HMNL

How to write 郵

To write郵you2post (office) you should write a combination of 垂chui2to hang … , 阝fu4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

垂 + 阝 = 郵

郵 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 郵 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 郵, looks as follow:

郵
Pinyin:you2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Post (Office) . Mail
垂
Pinyin:chui2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Hang (Down) . Droop . Dangle . Bend Down . Hand Down . Bequeath . Nearly . Almost . To Approach
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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