Memory phrase for the Kanji: 封
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封 |
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Meaning
| seal, close off
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Pronunciation |
FŪ, HŌ
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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.
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Radicals
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圭
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piled earth | twice earth 土 about each other |
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寸
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skillful hand | Image 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. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand" and partly also "to measure". |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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