郵

See also: 邮

郵 U+90F5, 郵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90F5 ← 郴 [U+90F4] CJK Unified Ideographs 郶 → [U+90F6]

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

• 𦸙

Related characters

• 邮 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		郵
simp.		邮*

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (郵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
郵	*ɢʷɯ
腄	*tol, *dols, *ɢʷɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóu (you²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yù
• Min Dong (BUC): iù
• Min Nan (POJ): iû
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhieu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
    • Wade–Giles: yu²
    • Yale: yóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴
    • Yale: yàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: iuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
    • Tâi-lô: iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhieu (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦiɜ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɨu/

Rime
Character	郵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羽求切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuw/
Li Rong	/ɣiu/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郵
Reading #	1/1
No.	15586
Phonetic component	郵
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	尤
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯ/

Definitions

郵

1. postal; mail
2. post office

Compounds

Derived terms from 郵

• 付郵／付邮
• 代郵／代邮
• 便郵／便邮
• 單位郵票／单位邮票
• 回郵／回邮
• 外交郵袋／外交邮袋 (wàijiāo yóudài)
• 寄書郵／寄书邮
• 平原督郵／平原督邮
• 平郵／平邮 (píngyóu)
• 庚郵／庚邮
• 投郵／投邮 (tóuyóu)
• 普通郵票／普通邮票 (pǔtōng yóupiào)
• 有齒郵票／有齿邮票
• 杜郵之戮／杜邮之戮
• 欠資郵票／欠资邮票
• 水郵山驛／水邮山驿
• 無齒郵票／无齿邮票
• 珍郵／珍邮
• 紀念郵票／纪念邮票
• 網路郵購／网路邮购
• 線上郵購／线上邮购
• 航空郵遞／航空邮递
• 航郵／航邮
• 行動郵局／行动邮局
• 語音郵件／语音邮件 (yǔyīn yóujiàn)
• 軍郵／军邮 (jūnyóu)

• 通郵／通邮
• 郵亭／邮亭
• 郵件／邮件 (yóujiàn)
• 郵傳／邮传
• 郵務員／邮务员
• 郵包／邮包 (yóubāo)
• 郵匯／邮汇
• 郵吏／邮吏
• 郵子／邮子
• 郵官／邮官
• 郵寄／邮寄 (yóujì)
• 郵寄炸彈／邮寄炸弹
• 郵局／邮局 (yóujú)
• 郵展／邮展
• 郵差／邮差 (yóuchāi)
• 郵戳／邮戳 (yóuchuō)
• 郵政／邮政 (yóuzhèng)
• 郵政信箱／邮政信箱 (yóuzhèng xìnxiāng)
• 郵政儲金／邮政储金 (yóuzhèng chǔjīn)
• 郵政匯票／邮政汇票
• 郵政局／邮政局 (yóuzhèngjú)
• 郵政節／邮政节
• 郵期／邮期
• 郵片／邮片
• 郵票／邮票 (yóupiào)
• 郵科院／邮科院 (Yóukēyuàn)

• 郵筒／邮筒 (yóutǒng)
• 郵箱／邮箱 (yóuxiāng)
• 郵簡／邮简 (yóujiǎn)
• 郵船／邮船 (yóuchuán)
• 郵花／邮花
• 郵費／邮费 (yóufèi)
• 郵資／邮资 (yóuzī)
• 郵購／邮购 (yóugòu)
• 郵購商店／邮购商店
• 郵車／邮车
• 郵輪／邮轮 (yóulún)
• 郵遞／邮递 (yóudì)
• 郵遞區號／邮递区号 (yóudì qūhào)
• 郵遞員／邮递员 (yóudìyuán)
• 郵電／邮电 (yóudiàn)
• 郵館／邮馆 (yóuguǎn)
• 郵驛／邮驿
• 鄉郵／乡邮 (xiāngyóu)
• 附捐郵票／附捐邮票
• 集郵／集邮 (jíyóu)
• 電子郵件／电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn)
• 電子郵箱／电子邮箱 (diànzǐ yóuxiāng)
• 電子郵購／电子邮购
• 電子郵遞／电子邮递
• 高郵／高邮 (Gāoyóu)

References

• “郵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

郵

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. mail
2. stagecoach stop

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)^{←いう (iu, historical)}

Compounds

• 郵(ゆう)送(そう) (yūsō, “mailing”)
• 郵(ゆう)便(びん) (yūbin, “postal service”)
• 郵(ゆう)便(びん)局(きょく) (yūbinkyoku, “post office”)

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Korean

Hanja

郵 • (u) (hangeul 우)

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Vietnamese

Han character

郵: Hán Nôm readings: bưu, bươu

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