邮 yóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 由 cause, reason 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
邮件
yóujiàn
email; mail
Characters in this word
件 jiàn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 牛 ox, cow, bull
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我收到邮件。 Wǒ shōu dào yóujiàn. I received an email.
- 邮件发了吗？ Yóujiàn fā le ma? Was the email sent?
- 请看邮件。 Qǐng kàn yóujiàn. Please check your email.
Related words
- 电子邮件 diànzǐyóujiàn email
- 邮票 yóupiào postage stamp
- 邮箱 yóuxiāng mailbox
- 邮局 yóujú post office
- 件 jiàn a measure word for clothes and things
- 条件 tiáojiàn condition
- 事件 shìjiàn event; incident
- 文件 wénjiàn document; file
- 证件 zhèngjiàn identity document
- 附件 fùjiàn attachment
- 软件 ruǎnjiàn software
- 硬件 yìngjiàn hardware