Several versions of the 〒 mark.

〒 (郵便マーク, Yūbin māku^?) is the service mark of the postal system in Japan. It is also used as a Japanese postal code mark. The mark is stylized katakana syllable te (テ), from the word teishin (逓信 communications). Image File history File links Japanesezipcodemark. ... Image File history File links Japanesezipcodemark. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Trademark. ... Japan Post ) is a public corporation in Japan offering postal and package delivery services, banking services, and life insurance. ... Postcodes are generally clearly visible outside Australia Post offices. ... Katakana ) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. ...

To indicate a postal code, the mark is written first, and the postal code is written after. For example, one area of Meguro, Tokyo, would have 〒153-0061 written on any mail, in order to direct mail to that location. This usage has resulted in the inclusion of the mark into the Japanese character sets for computers. Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... A character encoding consists of a code that pairs a sequence of characters from a given character set (sometimes referred to as code page) with something else, such as a sequence of natural numbers, octets or electrical pulses, in order to facilitate the storage of text in computers and the... This article is about the machine. ...

Of the versions shown to the right, the one on the far right is the standard mark used in addressing. The circled yūbin mark in the middle is often used on maps to denote post offices.

See also

• Japan Post#Postal symbol
• Japanese addressing system
• Japanese typographic symbols
• Japanese map symbols

Japan Post ) is a public corporation in Japan offering postal and package delivery services, banking services, and life insurance. ... The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. ... This page lists Japanese typographic symbols which are not included in kana or kanji. ... This is a list of symbols appearing on Japanese maps. ...

External links

• Official Postal Site (English version)