郵
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yóu · mail

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Shape and proportion

10Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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阝Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 郵

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Example sentences

Notice where 郵 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ de shìhào shì jí yóu.我的嗜好是集郵。

My hobby is collecting stamps.

Source: Tatoeba #834805 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ hé tā jiāo huàn le yóu piào.我和他交換了郵票。

I exchanged stamps with him.

Source: Tatoeba #984936 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de shìhào shì jí yóu.她的嗜好是集郵。

Her hobby is collecting stamps.

Source: Tatoeba #833078 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ duō jiǔ kàn yí cì yóu xiāng?你多久看一次郵箱?

How frequently do you check your mail?

Source: Tatoeba #10040334 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dài méng gěi wǒ kàn le tā de yóu piào cè.戴蒙給我看了他的郵票冊。

Damon showed me his stamp album.

Source: Tatoeba #840543 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Qǐng ràng wǒ kàn kàn nǐ de jí yóu cè.請讓我看看你的集郵冊。

Please show me your stamp album.

Source: Tatoeba #786403 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 郵 in context

  1. Say yóu, then recall the core meaning: mail.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 郵 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.