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How to say 'Airmail' in Japanese | 航空便

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The Japanese word for Airmail is 'Koukuubin', written as 航空便 in Japanese.'Airmail' in hiragana is こうくうびん.

    word

    航空便

    Meaning

    Airmail

    Reading

    こうくうびん

    koukuubin

    Kanji

    航Sail, Navigate 空Sky, Empty 便Convenience

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '航空便 (こうくうびん)' refers to 'airmail', which is a service for sending letters or packages by air. This term is commonly used in postal services to distinguish between different types of mail delivery, such as surface mail (船便, ふなびん) or express mail (速達, そくたつ). For example: I sent the package by airmail「その荷物を航空便で送りました」(そのにもつをこうくうびんでおくりました). Airmail is faster than surface mail「航空便は船便より速いです」(こうくうびんはふなびんよりはやいです).

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N2

    Kanji Grade

    4

    Frequency

    1387

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 航空便

This word contains 3 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    航

    Meaning

    Sail, Navigate

  • kanji

    空

    Meaning

    Sky, Empty

  • kanji

    便

    Meaning

    Convenience

Words Related to 航空便 Through the Kanji 航

These 4 Words contain the Kanji 航 as well.

  • word

    航空

    Meaning

    Aviation

  • word

    航空機

    Meaning

    Aircraft

  • word

    航空券

    Meaning

    Air ticket

  • word

    航海

    Meaning

    Voyage

Words Related to 航空便 Through the Kanji 空

These 16 Words contain the Kanji 空 as well.

  • word

    空手

    Meaning

    Karate

  • word

    空

    Meaning

    Sky

  • word

    空間

    Meaning

    Space

  • word

    空気

    Meaning

    Air

  • word

    空中

    Meaning

    Sky, Air

  • word

    空っぽ

    Meaning

    Empty

  • word

    青空

    Meaning

    Blue sky

  • word

    空き地

    Meaning

    Vacant lot

  • word

    航空

    Meaning

    Aviation

  • word

    空港

    Meaning

    Airport

  • word

    空く

    Meaning

    Empty

  • word

    航空機

    Meaning

    Aircraft

  • word

    航空券

    Meaning

    Air ticket

  • word

    空想

    Meaning

    Daydream

  • word

    夜空

    Meaning

    Night sky

  • word

    空しい

    Meaning

    Empty, Futile

Words Related to 航空便 Through the Kanji 便

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 便 as well.

  • word

    不便

    Meaning

    Inconvenient

  • word

    郵便屋さん

    Meaning

    Mailman

  • word

    郵便局

    Meaning

    Postoffice

  • word

    便所

    Meaning

    Toilet

  • word

    便利

    Meaning

    Convenient

  • word

    船便

    Meaning

    Ship mail

  • word

    郵便

    Meaning

    Mail

  • word

    小便

    Meaning

    Urine, Urination

  • word

    便

    Meaning

    Mail, Flight

  • word

    大便

    Meaning

    Feces

  • word

    速達便

    Meaning

    Express

  • word

    便箋

    Meaning

    Stationery

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