封 — Chinese character
封
fēng
envelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal
- Pinyin
- fēng
- Radical
- 41 ⼨ (Inch)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 圭 寸
- Formation
- ideographic — To seal 寸 something with a handful of mortar 土
- Japanese
- 封 as a kanji
Common words with 封
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 封锁 (封鎖) | fēng suǒ | to blockade; to seal off |
| 封闭 (封閉) | fēng bì | to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue) |
| 封建 | fēng jiàn | system of enfeoffment; feudalism |
| 封面 | fēng miàn | cover (of a publication) |
| 信封 | xìn fēng | envelope |
| 封号 (封號) | fēng hào | (archaic) title granted to a person; to ban an (online) account |
| 开封 (開封) | kāi fēng | to open (sth that has been sealed) |
| 密封 | mì fēng | to seal up |
| 封杀 (封殺) | fēng shā | to shut out; to block; to smother |
| 查封 | chá fēng | to sequester; to seize (assets) |
| 封存 | fēng cún | to sequester; to seal up (for safe keeping) |
| 封装 (封裝) | fēng zhuāng | to encapsulate; to enclose |
English words written with 封
封 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 17
- Analects 3.24
- Mencius 2B.1
- Mencius 5A.3
- Mencius 6B.7
- Mencius 6B.8
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
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