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
邮票
yóupiào
postage stamp
Characters in this word
票 piào
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 示 — altar
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 示 altar
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我买邮票。 Wǒ mǎi yóupiào. I buy stamps.
- 邮票很漂亮。 Yóupiào hěn piàoliang. The stamp is very pretty.
- 他收集邮票。 Tā shōují yóupiào. He collects stamps.