封
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Translingual
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Han character
封 (radical 41, 寸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土土木戈 (GGDI), four-corner 44100, composition ⿰圭寸)
References
- KangXi: page 294, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7426
- Dae Jaweon: page 581, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 504, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5C01
Chinese
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Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (封) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 幫 | *paːŋ |
| 鞤 | *paːŋ |
| 封 | *poŋ, *poŋs |
| 葑 | *poŋ, *poŋs |
| 犎 | *poŋ |
| 崶 | *poŋ |
| 湗 | *poŋs |
丰 (“field, ear of grass”) + 寸 (“control”).
In modern form, left component is written instead as 圭 (土土), with two vertical strokes, rather than as 丰 (one vertical stroke).
Pronunciation
Definitions
封
- to close; to seal; to bind
- 封閉 / 封闭 ― fēngbì ― to close
- to block (a website, a person on the Internet, etc.); to censor
- envelope; letter
- 信封 ― xìnfēng ― envelope; letter
- cover of a book
- 封面 ― fēngmiàn ― cover of a book
- feudal; feudalism
- to blacklist; to force out
- (of emperors) to worship heaven
- 封禪 / 封禅 ― fēngshàn ― to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth
- Classifier for envelopes, letters and mail.
- 一封信函 ― yī fēng xìnhán ― an envelope
- A surname.
- to enfeoff
Compounds
Derived terms from 封
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Japanese
Kanji
封
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- to seal, to close
Readings
- Go-on: ふう (fū, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
Korean
Hanja
封 • (bong) (hangeul 봉, revised bong, McCune–Reischauer pong)
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Vietnamese
Han character
封 (phong)
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