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 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.		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

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yóu (you²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ю (i͡u, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yù
• Eastern Min (BUC): iù
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu

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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/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ю (i͡u, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iou²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • 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: iu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: iu²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: iu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu
    • MiniDict: yeu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuw

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
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

• 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

• 代郵 / 代邮
• 付郵 / 付邮
• 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 (tōngyóu)
• 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 (yóuhuì)
• 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], 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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 郵

郵

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. mail
2. stagecoach stop

Readings

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

Compounds

• 郵政(ゆうせい) (yūsei, “postal system”)
• 郵船(ゆうせん) (yūsen, “post ship, mail packet”)
• 郵(ゆう)送(そう) (yūsō, “mailing”)
• 郵袋(ゆうたい) (yūtai, “post bag, mail bag”)
• 郵(ゆう)便(びん) (yūbin, “postal service”)

Korean

Hanja

郵 • (u) (hangeul 우)

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Vietnamese

Han character

郵: Hán Nôm readings: bưu, bươu

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