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封
fēng
1.
to confer
2.
to grant
3.
to bestow a title
4.
to seal
5.
classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
Very Common • Top 2%
✏️ 9 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
信封
xìnfēng
envelope
册封
cèfēng
to confer a title upon sb
冰封
bīngfēng
icebound
分封
fēnfēng
to divide and confer (property on one's descendants)
加封
jiāfēng
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document)
包封
bāofēng
to seal
塑封
sùfēng
to laminate
尘封
chénfēng
covered in dust
密封
mìfēng
to seal up
封丘
Fēngqiū
Fengqiu county in Xinxiang [[新鄉|新乡<Xīnxiāng>]], Henan
封入
fēngrù
to enclose
封冻
fēngdòng
to freeze over (of water or land)
封刀
fēngdāo
to hang up the sword
封包
fēngbāo
to package up
封印
fēngyìn
seal (on envelopes)
封口
fēngkǒu
to close up
封国
fēngguó
vassal state
封土
fēngtǔ
to heap earth (to close a tomb)
封地
fēngdì
feudal fiefdom
封存
fēngcún
to sequester
Example Sentences (1)
原来寄信需要好几天，现在连邮局都不用去，只要在家里上网发个电子邮件，用不了一分钟，远处的朋友就能收到，比写信封用的时间都短。
Yuánlái jì xìn xūyào hǎo jǐ tiān, xiànzài lián yóujú dōu bùyòng qù, zhǐyào zài jiālǐ shàngwǎng fā gè diànzǐ yóujiàn, yòng bù liǎo yì fēnzhōng, yuǎnchù de péngyǒu jiù néng shōudào, bǐ xiě xìnfēng yòng de shíjiān dōu duǎn.
It used to take several days to mail a letter. Now you don’t even need to go to the post office; just go online at home and send an email; it takes less than a minute, and friends far away can receive it, which is even shorter than the time spent addressing an envelope.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 870
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,898 of 84,292