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豫 plates: Henan, and what the letters mean
Facts checked
A plate beginning 豫 was registered in Henan, a province. The character is Yù, said roughly “yoo”. 豫 is short for 豫州 Yùzhōu, one of the Nine Provinces of legendary antiquity, covering roughly today's Henan. The province's name means 'south of the [Yellow] River'.
The letter after it is the office that issued the plate. 豫A belongs to Zhengzhou, and 19 further letters are recorded below.
The colour of the plate is a separate fact from the characters: it says what kind of vehicle carries it, and the characters say nothing about it. The colour guide sets out what each of the 7 colours licenses.
Key facts
| Plate character | 豫 “yoo” |
|---|---|
| Place | Henan |
| Kind | province |
| Capital | Zhengzhou |
| City letters | 20 |
| Why this character | 豫 is short for 豫州 Yùzhōu, one of the Nine Provinces of legendary antiquity, covering roughly today's Henan. The province's name means 'south of the [Yellow] River'. |
The city letters
- 豫A Zhengzhou
- 豫B Kaifeng
- 豫C Luoyang
- 豫D Pingdingshan
- 豫E Anyang
- 豫F Hebi
- 豫G Xinxiang
- 豫H Jiaozuo
- 豫J Puyang
- 豫K Xuchang
- 豫L Luohe
- 豫M Sanmenxia
- 豫N Shangqiu
- 豫O Henan provincial agencies and foreign-invested vehicles
- 豫P Zhoukou
- 豫Q Zhumadian
- 豫R Nanyang
- 豫S Xinyang
- 豫U Jiyuan
- 豫V Zhengzhou
| Prefix | Letter | City | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 豫A | A | Zhengzhou | |
| 豫B | B | Kaifeng | |
| 豫C | C | Luoyang | |
| 豫D | D | Pingdingshan | 豫D·D30000–D39999 and DT0000–DT9999 are taxi blocks. |
| 豫E | E | Anyang | |
| 豫F | F | Hebi | |
| 豫G | G | Xinxiang | |
| 豫H | H | Jiaozuo | |
| 豫J | J | Puyang | |
| 豫K | K | Xuchang | |
| 豫L | L | Luohe | |
| 豫M | M | Sanmenxia | |
| 豫N | N | Shangqiu | |
| 豫O | O | Henan provincial agencies and foreign-invested vehicles | Retired. Provinces once ran an O series as a special civilian-numbered block for public-security and government vehicles; the privileges attached to it drew steady public criticism and most provinces withdrew it between 2003 and 2019. |
| 豫P | P | Zhoukou | |
| 豫Q | Q | Zhumadian | |
| 豫R | R | Nanyang | |
| 豫S | S | Xinyang | |
| 豫U | U | Jiyuan | |
| 豫V | V | Zhengzhou | Supplementary series for Zhengzhou, opened 16 September 2020: the same city runs two letters because one letter's combinations ran short. |
Henan plates: questions people ask
- What does 豫 mean on a Chinese licence plate?
- 豫 (Yù, "yoo") is the abbreviation for Henan. 豫 is short for 豫州 Yùzhōu, one of the Nine Provinces of legendary antiquity, covering roughly today's Henan. The province's name means 'south of the [Yellow] River'.
- Which city is 豫A?
- Zhengzhou. The letter A goes to the seat of government in almost every province, and the remaining letters were assigned to the other issuing offices.
- How many plate letters does Henan use?
- 20 are recorded here, A to V. A retired or reassigned letter keeps its note in the table.
Related
Sources for Henan
- Wikipedia (Chinese), 中华人民共和国民用机动车号牌 (Civil motor-vehicle registration plates of the People's Republic of China). Read . Carries the complete province-by-province table of issuing-office letters, with the retired and renumbered series footnoted to Chinese news and public-security sources. Used as a finding aid; wording here is our own.
- Wikipedia, Vehicle registration plates of China. Read . English list of prefixes; the article flags its own list as incomplete, so it is used here to cross-check the Chinese table rather than as the primary record.