noun

Messages.hist.
  1. communications (e.g. post, telegraph).
  2. Ministry of Communications and Transportation (dissolved in 1949). Abbreviation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
逓信 ていしん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

relay, in turn, sending
テイ かわ.る たがいに (9th, N1)
tiger, brave, fierce
コ とら (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン フク おお.い (11th)
faith, truth, fidelity
シン のぶ しな (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)