邮

邮

See also: 郵

邮 U+90AE, 邮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90AE ← 邭 [U+90AD] CJK Unified Ideographs 邯 → [U+90AF]

Translingual

Han character

邮 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 中田弓中 (LWNL), four-corner 5762₇, composition ⿰由阝)

Related characters

• 郵 (Traditional form of 邮)

References

• KangXi: page 1269, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39328
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3763, character 1
• Unihan data for U+90AE

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 邮 – see 郵 (“postal; mail; post office”). (This character, 邮, is the simplified form of 郵.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		邮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yóu (You²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨu/, /dek̚/

Rime
Character	邮	邮
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	以周切	徒歷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨu/	/dek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiu/	/dek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iəu/	/dɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juw/	/dɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/iu/	/dek̚/
Wang Li	/jĭəu/	/diek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u/	/dʱiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yóu	dí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau4	dik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	邮
Reading #	1/1
No.	15530
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	猷
Old Chinese	/*lɯw/

Definitions

邮

1. place name in modern Shaanxi