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〶

circled postal mark

Circled Postal Mark

Japanese map legends use this circled sign for post offices. Unicode also assigns 〶 to Type B electronics, a label once used on appliances.

Text symbol
Search it as
〶 · Japanese map symbol · Japanese post office mark · Type B electronics · yuubin · maru-yubin · 〒
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 〶 means

It marks a post office. As of 2026, Japan’s Geospatial Information Authority uses a circled 〒 in its map legend for post offices and branches. Unicode describes 〶 as a glyph variant of 〒 but identifies it for Type B electronics, not postal use.

A similar circled 〒 served as an electrical conformity mark on appliances; the Type B mark was abolished in July 1995. The plain 〒 became the Communications Ministry’s logo in 1887.

Technical; context changes the reading.

On an appliance, read an old conformity mark, not a post office.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Japanese map
Post office location.
Old appliance label
Type B electrical conformity.

Don't confuse it with

4
〒
Postal Mark
shares “mark”, “postal”
〠
Postal Mark Face
shares “mark”, “postal”
〃
Ditto Mark
shares “mark”
々
Ideographic Iteration Mark
shares “mark”

Questions people ask

1

Why does 〶 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 〶

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 3036, then Alt+X to get 〶.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “circled postal mark”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 3036, then Enter or Space.
HTML
〶
CSS
\3036
How to type 〶
In a Japanese IME, type yuubin (郵便, “postal service”) and inspect candidates. NFKC can change 〶 to 〒, dropping the circle.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
〶
HTML hex
〶
CSS content
content: "\3036";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%80%B6
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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