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postal mark

Postal Mark

〒 identifies Japanese postal service; before digits in an address, it marks the postal code.

Text symbol
Also called
郵便記号 · yūbin kigō
Search it as
〒 · yubin · yuubin · ゆうびん · 郵便番号 · 郵便局 · Japanese postal code
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 〒 means

It marks Japanese post and introduces the postal code that follows.

In 1887, Japan’s Ministry of Communications adopted 〒, replacing a postal flag with a red circle and line. Its design is commonly linked to テ, a Japanese character for a syllable, from 逓信省, the ministry’s Japanese name. An official notice was corrected from T to 〒, leaving the exact design uncertain.

Japan introduced postal codes in 1968; 〒 became their prefix. As text, its shape may vary by font without changing its meaning.

Administrative and specific to Japanese postal use.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Alone in a message
A reference to Japanese postal service or a post office.
Before digits in an address
The following digits are a Japanese postal code.

Don't confuse it with

4
〠
Postal Mark Face
shares “mark”, “postal”
〶
Circled Postal Mark
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 3012, 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 “postal mark”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 3012, then Enter or Space.
HTML
〒
CSS
\3012
Japanese IME
Enter ゆうびん, convert, and select 〒.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
〒
HTML hex
〒
CSS content
content: "\3012";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%80%92
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.

Families this belongs to

1

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