邮箱
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
邮箱 (yóuxiāng) · email address
邮箱 (yóuxiāng) means “email address; mailbox”. It is written with 2 characters: 邮 (mail) + 箱 (box). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 邮箱 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)
箱 xiāng · box
What 箱 is made of
- ⺮zhú — bamboo
- 相xiāng — mutual
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 二 — two strokes
- 木mù — tree
Origin hint: ⺮ gives the meaning, 相 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请告诉我你的邮箱。Qǐng gàosu wǒ nǐ de yóuxiāng.Please tell me your email address.
我每天早上看邮箱。Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang kàn yóuxiāng.I check my mailbox every morning.
Questions about 邮箱
What does 邮箱 mean?
邮箱 (yóuxiāng) means “email address; mailbox”.
How do you pronounce 邮箱?
邮箱 is pronounced yóuxiāng.
Which HSK level is 邮箱?
邮箱 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 电子邮件diànzǐ yóujiànemail
- 邮件yóujiànemail
- 邮票yóupiàostamp
- 邮局yóujúpost office
- 冰箱bīngxiāngrefrigerator
- 箱子xiāngzibox
- 行李箱xínglixiāngsuitcase
- 箱xiāngbox
Learn 邮箱 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 74: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.