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Chinese symbol for “postman”

邮差
yóu chāi
Traditional: 郵差
postman; mailman (dated in mainland China)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for postman is 邮差 (yóu chāi), defined as: postman; mailman (dated in mainland China).

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
差 chāi
difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer
radical 48 ⼯ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 邮差.

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
差异 (差異)chā yìdifference; discrepancy
差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly

See also: Japanese symbol for “postman”.

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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