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28 郵便番号 Post Number

Alternative Meanings

Postal Code, Postcode, Zip Code

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

ゆうびんばんごう

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

まだ新しい郵便番号を覚えていません。

I haven’t memorized my new postal code yet.

Meaning Explanation

You know that a 郵便 is the mail and that a 番号 is a number. So a "mail number," what is that? Usually refers to your post number or postal code. It is also often referred to with a symbol, which is 〒, so look out for that.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

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