On US envelopes, forms, and maps, AK is the two-letter written code for the state of Alaska. Every American state has a pair of letters like this — CA for California, TX for Texas — so post can be sorted quickly.

On US envelopes, forms, and maps在美國的信封、表格，還有地圖上，AKAK is the two-letter written code for the state of Alaska是阿拉斯加州的兩個字母書寫代碼。Every American state has a pair of letters like this — CA for California, TX for Texas每一個美國的州都有像這樣的一組字母——CA代表California，TX代表Texas——so post can be sorted quickly這樣郵件才能被快速分類。

You write it after the city: Fairbanks, AK. People almost never say A-K out loud for the place; they say Alaska. You will also see AK on car plates and in drop-down lists.

You write it after the city你會把它寫在城市後面：Fairbanks, AKFairbanks, AK。People almost never say A-K out loud for the place人們講到這個地方時幾乎不會唸出A-K；they say Alaska他們會說Alaska。You will also see AK on car plates and in drop-down lists你也會在車牌和下拉選單裡看到AK。

Though actually, the same two letters mean other things in other worlds — most students in Taiwan meet AK first as the rifle AK-47 — so you have to look at where it sits. Next to a city or a zip code in American writing, it is Alaska.

Though actually不過實際上，the same two letters mean other things in other worlds — most students in Taiwan meet AK first as the rifle AK-47同樣這兩個字母在別的領域裡意思不一樣——台灣大多數學生第一次認識AK，是從步槍AK-47開始的——so you have to look at where it sits所以你得看它出現在什麼地方。Next to a city or a zip code in American writing在美式寫法裡，只要出現在城市或郵遞區號旁邊，it is Alaska就是Alaska。