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Chinese symbol for “email”

电子邮件
diàn zǐ yóu jiàn
Traditional: 電子郵件
email; measure word: 封 (fēng), 份 (fèn)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for email is 电子邮件 (diàn zǐ yóu jiàn), defined as: email; measure word: 封 (fēng), 份 (fèn).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
子 zǐ
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes
邮 yóu
mail; post office
radical 163 ⾢ · 7 strokes
件 jiàn
item, matter; component, part; measure word for events
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “email”

WordPinyinMeaning
电邮 (電郵)diàn yóuemail; abbr. for 电子邮件 (diàn zǐ yóu jiàn)
邮件 (郵件)yóu jiànmail; post
伊妹儿 (伊妹兒)yī mèi r(loanword) email
邮箱 (郵箱)yóu xiāngmailbox; post office box

Related words

Other words that share a character with 电子邮件.

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison
邮件 (郵件)yóu jiànmail; post
事件shì jiànincident; event

See also: Japanese symbol for “email”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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