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Chinese symbol for “mail”

邮件
yóu jiàn
Traditional: 郵件
mail; post; email

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mail is 邮件 (yóu jiàn), defined as: mail; post; email.

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

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 “mail”

WordPinyinMeaning
邮寄 (郵寄)yóu jìto mail; to send by post
寄出jì chūto mail; to send by post
邮递 (郵遞)yóu dìto mail; to deliver (through the post)
信xìnletter; mail
邮 (郵)yóupost (office); mail

Related words

Other words that share a character with 邮件.

WordPinyinMeaning
邮政 (郵政)yóu zhèngpostal service; postal
电子邮件 (電子郵件)diàn zǐ yóu jiànemail; measure word: 封 (fēng), 份 (fèn)
邮局 (郵局)yóu júpost office; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
邮票 (郵票)yóu piào(postage) stamp; measure word: 枚 (méi), 张 (zhāng)
邮箱 (郵箱)yóu xiāngmailbox; post office box
事件shì jiànincident; event
条件 (條件)tiáo jiàncondition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification
文件wén jiàndocument; file

See also: Japanese symbol for “mail”.

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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