封

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

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).

Han character

封 (radical 41 寸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土土木戈 (GGDI), four-corner 4410₀)

1. Counter or measure word for letter, envelope, or e-mail.
2. feudal
3. [literary] to assign a rank of nobility (done in ancient times by the emperor)

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

封 (Yale fung1)

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Japanese

Kanji

封 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ふう (fū), ほう (hō)
• Kun: さかい (sakai), とじる (tojiru), ぽんど (pondo)

Compounds

封印 (ふういん, fūin) "seal(ing)"

Korean

Hanja

封 (hangeul 봉, revised bong, McCune-Reischauer pong)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

封 (pinyin fēng (feng1), Wade-Giles feng¹)

Compounds

• 封墊

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Vietnamese

Han character

封 (phong)