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A T with a bar for post.
Also known as: Postal code mark Japan, Yubin mark
The Japanese symbol marking a postal code and identifying post offices.
Marks the following digits as a postal code, and identifies a post office on maps and signage.
Contexts: Public information, Maps
Derived from the katakana for the first syllable of the ministry that ran the post, so the mark is an initial rather than a picture — the same construction as the Latin numero sign.
Contexts: Public information, Maps
Appears on maps as the standard post office symbol, so one glyph serves as both a data prefix and a cartographic sign.
Contexts: Public information, Maps
A capital T with an additional horizontal bar across its upright, set before the digits of a postal code.