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封

fēng

HSK 4 Character

What 封 means

1. to confer
2. to grant
3. to bestow a title
4. to seal
5. classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters

Other readings

封 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Fēngsurname Feng

Example sentences

• 它是封长信。
  It was a long letter.
• 你有一封信。
  There is a letter for you.
• 解封，解封！
  Unblock, unblock!
• 我写了一封信。
  I wrote a letter.
• 把这封信寄了。
  Mail this letter.
• 他写了一封信。
  He has written a letter.

Words starting with 封

• 封闭fēng bìto close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue)…
• 封建fēng jiànsystem of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal
• 封锁fēng suǒto blockade; to seal off; to lock down
• 封面fēng miàncover (of a publication)
• 封建社会fēng jiàn shè huìfeudal society
• 封口fēng kǒuto keep one's lips sealed; (of a wound) to heal; to seal (an envelope, bag, container etc)
• 封存fēng cúnto sequester; to seal up (for safe keeping); to freeze (an account)
• 封装fēng zhuāngto encapsulate; to enclose; to wrap
• 封底fēng dǐthe back cover of a book
• 封条fēng tiáoseal
• 封顶fēng dǐngto put a roof (on a building); to cap the roof (finishing a building project)…
• 封皮fēng píouter skin; envelope; cover
• 封套fēng tàoenvelope; wrapper; (book) jacket
• 封建主义fēng jiàn zhǔ yìfeudalism
• 封锁线fēng suǒ xiànblockade line; cordon
• 封号fēng hào(archaic) title granted to a person; to ban an (online) account
• 封建制度fēng jiàn zhì dùfeudalism
• 封入fēng rùto enclose
• 封包fēng bāoto package up; (computer networking) packet
• 封印fēng yìnseal (on envelopes)
• 封国fēng guóvassal state
• 封土fēng tǔto heap earth (to close a tomb); a mound (covering a tomb)
• 封地fēng dìfeudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment
• 封城fēng chéngto lock down a city

Words containing 封

• 信封xìn fēngenvelope
• 密封mì fēngto seal up
• 开封kāi fēngto open (sth that has been sealed)
• 查封chá fēngto sequester; to seize (assets); to seal up
• 尘封chén fēngcovered in dust; dusty; lying unused for a long time
• 冰封bīng fēngto freeze over; to ice over; icebound
• 原封不动yuán fēng bù dòng(lit.) the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom)…
• 自封zì fēngto proclaim oneself (sth); to give oneself the title of; self-appointed
• 分封fēn fēngto divide and confer (property on one's descendants)
• 册封cè fēngto confer a title upon sb; to dub; to crown
• 加封jiā fēngto seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document)…
• 包封bāo fēngto seal; to close up a package with a seal
• 受封shòu fēngto receive fief and title; to be enfeoffed; (fig.) to be rewarded by the emperor
• 启封qǐ fēngto open sth that has been sealed
• 完封wán fēng(baseball etc) shutout; to shut out (the opposing team)
• 解封jiě fēngto lift a ban; to end a lockdown
• 护封hù fēngdust jacket (of a book); protective cover; document seal
• 追封zhuī fēngto confer a posthumous title
• 分封制fēn fēng zhìthe feudal system; system of enfeoffment
• 半封建bàn fēng jiànsemifeudal
• 登封市Dēng fēng ShìDengfeng, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 郑州市
• 开封市Kāi fēng ShìKaifeng, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
• 开封府Kāi fēng fǔKaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty
• 首日封shǒu rì fēngfirst day cover (philately)

Characters that look like 封

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 刺cìthorn; sting; thrust
• 卸xièto unload; to remove; to detach; to get rid of
• 耕gēngto plow; to till
• 剃tìto shave
• 卦guàdivinatory diagram; one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经…
• 剁duòto chop up (meat etc); to chop off (sb's hand etc)

Sounds the same

Read fēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 风wind; news; style
• 丰luxuriant; buxom; variant of 丰
• 疯insane; mad; wild
• 蜂bee; wasp
• 峰(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance…
• 锋point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard
• 枫maple (genus Acer)
• 葑turnip
• 烽beacon fire
• 沣rainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水
• 砜sulfone
• 酆Zhou Dynasty capital; surname Feng