"〒" meaning in All languages combined

See 〒 on Wiktionary

Symbol [Japanese]

Forms: [alternative], [alternative]
Etymology: Symbolization of Katakana テ (te), first letter of 逓(てい)信(しん)省(しょう) (teishinshō, “Ministry of Communication”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|テ}} テ (te), {{ja-r|逓%信%省|てい%しん%しょう|Ministry of Communication}} 逓(てい)信(しん)省(しょう) (teishinshō, “Ministry of Communication”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|symbol}} 〒
  1. The postal mark (郵(ゆう)便(びん)マーク (yūbin māku)), written before Japanese postal codes.
    Sense id: en-〒-ja-symbol-ovLMmnAG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese symbols, Japanese terms in nonstandard scripts, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 77 22 Disambiguation of Japanese symbols: 63 37 Disambiguation of Japanese terms in nonstandard scripts: 82 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35
  2. (map symbol) A symbol denoting a post office.
    Sense id: en-〒-ja-symbol-ps~kTo1S Categories (other): Post Disambiguation of Post: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 郵便番号 (yūbin bangō) (ruby: 郵便番号(ゆうびんばんごう)) (english: postal code)
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      "name": "ja-r"
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        "1": "逓%信%省",
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        "3": "Ministry of Communication"
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      ]
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "symbol",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "postal code",
      "roman": "yūbin bangō",
      "ruby": [
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          "郵便番号",
          "ゆうびんばんごう"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "77 22",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "63 37",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
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          "_dis": "76 24",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
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        },
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          "_dis": "65 35",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "〒123-4567"
        }
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      "qualifier": "map symbol",
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        "(map symbol) A symbol denoting a post office."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "〒"
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "args": {
        "1": "テ"
      },
      "expansion": "テ (te)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "逓%信%省",
        "2": "てい%しん%しょう",
        "3": "Ministry of Communication"
      },
      "expansion": "逓(てい)信(しん)省(しょう) (teishinshō, “Ministry of Communication”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Symbolization of Katakana テ (te), first letter of 逓(てい)信(しん)省(しょう) (teishinshō, “Ministry of Communication”).",
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    },
    {
      "form": "〠",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "symbol"
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    }
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      "ruby": [
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          "郵便番号",
          "ゆうびんばんごう"
        ]
      ],
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    }
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        {
          "text": "〒123-4567"
        }
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      ],
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      ],
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        "(map symbol) A symbol denoting a post office."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "〒"
}

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