邮局
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
邮局 (yóujú) · post office
邮局 (yóujú) means “post office”. It is written with 2 characters: 邮 (mail) + 局 (office). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 邮局 is built
The characters
邮 yóu · mail
What 邮 is made of
- 由yóu — to follow
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: 阝 gives the meaning, 由 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
局 jú · office
What 局 is made of
- 尺chǐ — one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 尸shī — body
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A place where measures 尺 are discussed 口 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我去邮局寄信。Wǒ qù yóujú jì xìn.I'm going to the post office to mail a letter.
附近有邮局吗？Fùjìn yǒu yóujú ma?Is there a post office nearby?
Questions about 邮局
What does 邮局 mean?
邮局 (yóujú) means “post office”.
How do you pronounce 邮局?
邮局 is pronounced yóujú.
Which HSK level is 邮局?
邮局 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiànemail
- 邮件yóujiànemail
- 邮票yóupiàostamp
- 邮箱yóuxiāngemail address
- 布局bùjúlayout
- 格局géjúlayout
- 公安局gōng'ānjúpolice station
- 结局jiéjúending
- 局部júbùpart
- 局面júmiànsituation
Learn 邮局 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 96: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.