郵便局

Kanji breakdown

• 郵 (yóu) · 10 strokes

  Depicts delivering between cities (⻏) and borderlands (垂).

• 便 (biàn) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 𠓥 represents the sound. Originally written as 𠓥, which depicted a hand holding a whip with the 丙 component. Based on the original meaning "whip a…

• 局 (jú) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 尸 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bent, curved". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Example sentences

1. 郵便局に行くの？ — Are you going to the post office?
2. 郵便局まで送るよ。 — I'll drive you to the post office.
3. 郵便局はどこですか。 — Where is the post office?
4. 今日は郵便局に行くの？ — Are you going to the post office today?
5. トムは郵便局に行った。 — Tom went to the post office.

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