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<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_dynasty" rel="noreferrer">秦</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_and_wooden_slips" rel="noreferrer">簡</a></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/R5f1W.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/R5f1W.png" alt="" /></a></td>
<td style="text-align: center;">10.3<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuihudi_Qin_bamboo_texts" rel="noreferrer">睡虎地秦簡</a></td>
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<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_dynasty#Eastern_Han" rel="noreferrer">東漢</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script" rel="noreferrer">隸</a></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/JDi6x.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/JDi6x.png" alt="" /></a></td>
<td style="text-align: center;">夏承碑</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_script" rel="noreferrer">楷</a></td>
<td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/4NLiF.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/4NLiF.png" alt="郵" /></a></td>
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<h3><a href="https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&amp;file=77390&amp;page=85" rel="noreferrer">《說文・邑部》</a></h3>
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<p>境上行書舍。从邑、垂。垂，邊也。</p>
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<p>「郵」 is comprised of semantic 「垂」 (<em>far-away lands; frontier</em>, now written as 「陲」) and semantic 「邑」 (<em>city</em>), indicating the meaning <em>frontier dispatch station for books/scrolls/letters</em> (post office).</p>

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<p>Almost every site I seen tell me that this is a phono-semantic character, but it always uses the simplified form 邮, which is pretty obvious that 由 is phonetic. But what about 郵? 垂 has no phonetic relevance, and I can't seem to find any semantic link to &quot;post&quot; and &quot;mail&quot;.</p>

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Glyph origin of 郵
# Glyph origin of 郵

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-09-02)

Almost every site I seen tell me that this is a phono-semantic character, but it always uses the simplified form 邮, which is pretty obvious that 由 is phonetic. But what about 郵? 垂 has no phonetic relevance, and I can't seem to find any semantic link to "post" and "mail".

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### Answer by username_1 on 2023-09-02. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

| 時期 字體 | 字形 | 參考資料 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [秦](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_dynasty) [簡](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_and_wooden_slips) |  | 10.3 [睡虎地秦簡](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuihudi_Qin_bamboo_texts) |
| [東漢](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_dynasty#Eastern_Han) [隸](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script) |  | 夏承碑 |
| [楷](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_script) | [郵](https://i.sstatic.net/4NLiF.png) |  |

> ### [《說文・邑部》](https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&file=77390&page=85)
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> `![](https://i.sstatic.net/XQybn.png)`
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> 境上行書舍。从邑、垂。垂，邊也。

「郵」 is comprised of semantic 「垂」 (*far-away lands; frontier*, now written as 「陲」) and semantic 「邑」 (*city*), indicating the meaning *frontier dispatch station for books/scrolls/letters* (post office).


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