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U+90F5, 郵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90F5

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 163, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹一弓中 (HMNL), four-corner 27127, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1273, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39485
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3779, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+90F5

Chinese

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : (far, remote) + (city) – "relay station".

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (35)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter hjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦiu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦuw/
Li
Rong
/ɣiu/
Wang
Li
/ɣĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15586
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɢʷɯ/

Definitions

  1. postal; mail
  2. post office

Compounds

References

  • ”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 288.

Japanese

Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. mail
  2. stagecoach stop

Readings

  • Go-on: (u)
  • Kan-on: ゆう (, Jōyō)いう (iu, historical)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(u) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: bưu, bươu

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