Chinese symbol for “mailbox”
邮箱
yóu xiāng
Traditional: 郵箱
mailbox; post office box; email; email inbox
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mailbox is 邮箱 (yóu xiāng), defined as: mailbox; post office box; email; email inbox.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mailbox”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信箱 | xìn xiāng | mailbox; post office box |
| 邮筒 (郵筒) | yóu tǒng | mailbox; pillar box |
| 信筒 | xìn tǒng | mailbox; postbox |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 邮箱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邮件 (郵件) | yóu jiàn | mail; post |
| 邮政 (郵政) | yóu zhèng | postal service; postal |
| 电子邮件 (電子郵件) | diàn zǐ yóu jiàn | email; measure word: 封 (fēng), 份 (fèn) |
| 邮局 (郵局) | yóu jú | post office; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 邮票 (郵票) | yóu piào | (postage) stamp; measure word: 枚 (méi), 张 (zhāng) |
| 冰箱 | bīng xiāng | refrigerator; (old) icebox |
| 箱子 | xiāng zi | suitcase; chest |
| 信箱 | xìn xiāng | mailbox; post office box |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mailbox”.
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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