Memory phrase for the character: 封

封

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Meaning

seal, close off

Pronunciation

FŪ, HŌ

Explanation

 Left: piled/cumulated earth 圭 (=2x earth 土), right: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
(cf. street 街 [= I go 行 over piled earth 圭] - Thus at road construction:) Earth is piled up by skillful hands and sealed.

Radicals

圭 piled earthtwice earth 土 about each other
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".




 Vocabulary

同封 どうふう  enclosure (e.g. in a letter)
封 ふう  seal
封建 ほうけん  feudalistic
封筒 ふうとう  envelope
封鎖 ふうさ  blockade, freezing (funds)

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