封印

Chinese

		to confer; to grant; to seal to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)	stamp; seal; mark stamp; seal; mark; print; India (abbrev.)
trad. (封印)		封	印
simp. #(封印)		封	印

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngyìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ jan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûng-yin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-ìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngyìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongyìn
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-yin⁴
    • Yale: fēng-yìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengyinn
    • Palladius: фэнъинь (fɛnʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ in⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung¹ jan³
    • Yale: fūng yan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ jan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ yen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng-yin
    • Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˊ in
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ in⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng-yin
    • Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˊ (r)in
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)in⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-ìn
    • Tâi-lô: hong-ìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hong'ixn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² in²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ in⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² in²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ in¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ in²¹/

Noun

封印

1. seal (stamp)

Japanese

封印: the red stamp on the right side is a Japanese ink seal.

封印: a western-style wax seal.

Kanji in this term
封	印
ふう Grade: S	いん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 封印 (MC pjowngH 'jinH, literally “to enclose, to seal + stamp, seal”). Compare Mandarin 封印 (fēngyìn).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふういん [fùúíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ːĩɴ]

Noun

封(ふう)印(いん) • (fūin) 

1. a seal, such as a wax impression or stamped pattern, made across the closure of an envelope or on a document for purposes of authentication
   • 2000 August 10, “封(ふう)印(いん)されし者(もの)の左(ひだり)腕(うで) [Left Arm of the Sealed One]”, in 幻の召喚神　ＰＨＡＮＴＯＭ ＧＯＤ [Phantom Summoning God: PHANTOM GOD], Konami:

     封(ふう)印(いん)された左(ひだり)腕(うで)。封(ふう)印(いん)を解(と)くと、無(む)限(げん)の力(ちから)を得(え)られる。

     Fūin sareta hidariude. Fūin o toku to, mugen no chikara o erareru.

     A sealed left arm. Whosoever breaks the seal will earn infinite power.

Synonyms

• 印(いん)影(えい) (in'ei)
• 印(いん)鑑(かん) (inkan)
• 印(いん)章(しょう) (inshō)

Derived terms

• 封(ふう)印(いん)切(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(ふう)印(いん)付(つ)き (fūin tsuki): something with a seal affixed; something with a metaphorical seal of approval
• 封(ふう)印(いん)破(は)棄(き)罪(ざい) (fūin hakizai): the crime of breaking or otherwise invalidating an official seal
• 封(ふう)印(いん)木(ぼく) (fūin boku): Sigillaria, an extinct genus of tree-like plant: see Wikipedia:Sigillaria

Verb

封(ふう)印(いん)する • (fūin suru) suru (stem 封(ふう)印(いん)し (fūin shi), past 封(ふう)印(いん)した (fūin shita))

1. to apply a seal of wax or ink to something
2. to seal something shut

Conjugation

Conjugation of "封印する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	封印し	ふういんし	fūin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	封印し	ふういんし	fūin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	封印する	ふういんする	fūin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	封印する	ふういんする	fūin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	封印すれ	ふういんすれ	fūin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	封印せよ¹ 封印しろ²	ふういんせよ¹ ふういんしろ²	fūin seyo¹ fūin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	封印される	ふういんされる	fūin sareru
Causative	封印させる 封印さす	ふういんさせる ふういんさす	fūin saseru fūin sasu
Potential	封印できる	ふういんできる	fūin dekiru
Volitional	封印しよう	ふういんしよう	fūin shiyō
Negative	封印しない	ふういんしない	fūin shinai
Negative continuative	封印せず	ふういんせず	fūin sezu
Formal	封印します	ふういんします	fūin shimasu
Perfective	封印した	ふういんした	fūin shita
Conjunctive	封印して	ふういんして	fūin shite
Hypothetical conditional	封印すれば	ふういんすれば	fūin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “封印”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026