Jisho

×
Noun
1. (Japanese) postal symbolSee also 郵便マーク,
Wikipedia definition
2. Japanese postal markJapanese postal mark is the service mark of Japan Post, the postal operator in Japan. It is also used as a Japanese postal code mark. The mark is stylized katakana syllable te, from the word teishin (逓信 communications). The mark dates from the pre-World War II era, when literacy was less complete, the katakana symbol being more easily recognized than a kanji. To indicate a postal code, the mark is written first, and the postal code is written after.
Read “Japanese postal mark” on English Wikipedia
Read “〒” on Japanese Wikipedia
Read “Japanese postal mark” on DBpedia

Discussions

to talk about this word.