封印

Japanese

Kanji in this term
封	印

Noun

封印 (hiragana ふういん, romaji fūin)

1. a seal, such as a wax impression or stamped pattern, made across the closure of an envelope or document

Compounds

• 封印切 (ふういんきり, Fūinkiri): common name of the middle volume of the 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “narration for traditional Japanese puppet theater”) play, 冥途の飛脚 (Meido no Hikyaku, “The Courier of Hell”): see Wikipedia:The Courier for Hell
• 封印付き (ふういんつき, fūin tsuki): something with a seal affixed; something with a metaphorical seal of approval
• 封印破棄罪 (ふういんはきざい, fūin hakizai): the crime of breaking or otherwise invalidating an official seal
• 封印木 (ふういんぼく, fūin boku): Sigillaria, an extinct genus of tree-like plant: see Wikipedia:Sigillaria

Derived terms

• 封印する

Synonyms

• 印影 (いんえい, in'ei)
• 印鑑 (いんかん, inkan)
• 印章 (いんしょう, inshō)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

封印

Noun

封印 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fēngyìn)

1. seal (stamp)