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逓 かわ.る、たがいに 1 1957 10 162 しんにょう・しんにゅう 形声 Phonetic Picture a crude drag-sled - in this case, made from cornstalks that have been belted together - filled with parcels, that the postman drags along behind him down the road along his delivery route.

Accepted Answer

テイ relay, in turn, sending S 乕: tiger; brave; fierce; surname辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 辵 7 遞 parcel post (I prefer 2 towels over cornstalk and belt) - Have you ever wondered why your parcels always end up in such bad condition when you get them? Or why you never get them at all? That´s because you´ve never looked at how they´re actually delivered - each postman is given a load of parcel post and 2 towels to drag them down the road on.

Kanji	逓
Onyomi	テイ
Kunyomi	かわ.る、たがいに
English	relay, in turn, sending
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1957
Components	乕: tiger; brave; fierce; surname 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	辵
Radical Number	162
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form	遞
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	parcel post
Koohii Story 1	Picture a crude drag-sled - in this case, made from cornstalks that have been belted together - filled with parcels, that the postman drags along behind him down the road along his delivery route.
Koohii Story 2	(I prefer 2 towels over cornstalk and belt) - Have you ever wondered why your parcels always end up in such bad condition when you get them? Or why you never get them at all? That´s because you´ve never looked at how they´re actually delivered - each postman is given a load of parcel post and 2 towels to drag them down the road on.

Road Parcel Post Postman Towels 逓 テイ かわ.る、たがいに

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