Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 封


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Meaning

seal, close off

Pronunciation

FŪ, HŌ

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

piled earth(twice earth about each other)
skillful hand(Image of a hand forearm and pulse . 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. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand" and partly also "to measure".)
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Vocabulary

同封 どうふう enclosure (e.g. in a letter)
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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