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Translingual
Han character
郵 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹一弓中 (HMNL), four-corner 27127, composition ⿰垂阝)
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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郵
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*ɢʷɯ
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腄
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*tol, *dols, *ɢʷɯ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 垂 (“far, remote”) + 邑 (“city”) – "relay station".
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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郵
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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15586
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Phonetic component
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郵
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Rime group
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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尤
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Old Chinese
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/*ɢʷɯ/
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Definitions
郵
- postal; mail
- post office
Compounds
References
- “郵”, 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), “邮”, 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
郵
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
- mail
- stagecoach stop
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
郵 • (u) (hangeul 우)
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Vietnamese
Han character
郵: Hán Nôm readings: bưu, bươu
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