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mail

HSK 4 N2
よ.る、-よ.り、よ.せる
Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound.
Components
roof+ strange =
mail
Meaning component
mián roof
Phonetic component
strange
strange, unusual, uncanny, occult
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[jì]
to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
たかより
Takayori surname
はまより
Hamayori surname
やどりき
Yadoriki place name
やどりぎ
Yadorigi unclassified name
より
Yori surname
よりさき
Yorisaki surname
よりざき
Yorizaki surname