郵函

Japanese

Kanji in this term
郵	函
ゆう Grade: 6	かん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

郵(ゆう)函(かん) • (yūkan) ^{←いうかん (iukan)?}

1. (obsolete) mailbox
   • 1911, 田口掬汀, 第一人, page 243:

     鉛筆(えんぴつ)の走(はし)り書(がき)で幸子宛(かうこあて)の一通(いつつう)を認(したゝ)め、附近(ふきん)の郵函(いうかん)に投(とう)じた。

     enpitsu no hashirigaki de Kōko-ate no ittsū o shitatame, fukin no yūkan ni tōjita.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. (US, Brazil, obsolete) post office box; PO box
   • 1918, “附錄　在米加同胞實業家一覽 [Appendix: List of Japanese Businessmen in the USA and Canada]”, in 北米年鑑 (Hokubei Nenkan) [The North American Times Year Book], volume 8, page 33:

     電(でん)話(わ)　メーン六(ろく)七(しち)九(きゅう)六(ろく)
     郵(ゆう)函(かん)　四(よん)二(に)六(ろく)

     Denwa Mēn roku-shichi-kyū-roku
     Yūkan yon-ni-roku

     P.O. Box 420^[sic]
     Tel. Main 6796

   • 1935 March 13, 日伯新聞 (Nippaku Shinbun) [Nippo-Brazilian Newspaper]‎^[1], number 926, page 2:

     マリヽア市(し)　電(でん)話(わ)二(に)一(いち)八(はち)　郵(ゆう)函(かん)一(いち)三(さん)七(しち)

     Mariria-shi Denwa ni-ichi-hachi Yūkan ichi-san-shichi

     Marília, Tel. 218, P.O. Box 137

Synonyms

• (post office box): 私(し)書(しょ)箱(ばこ) (shishobako)