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Chinese symbol for “mailman”

邮递员
yóu dì yuán
Traditional: 郵遞員
mailman

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mailman is 邮递员 (yóu dì yuán), defined as: mailman.

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
递 dì
to deliver, to hand over; substitute
radical 162 ⾡ · 10 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “mailman”

WordPinyinMeaning
邮差 (郵差)yóu chāipostman; mailman (dated in mainland China)
邮务士 (郵務士)yóu wù shìmailman (Tw)
投递员 (投遞員)tóu dì yuáncourier; mailman

Related words

Other words that share a character with 邮递员.

WordPinyinMeaning
邮件 (郵件)yóu jiànmail; post
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
传递 (傳遞)chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
快递 (快遞)kuài dìexpress delivery
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “mailman”.

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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