Memory phrase for the Kanji: 封
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封 |
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Meaning
| to seal, letter(=sealed objects), to grant
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Pronunciation |
fēng |
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 | As character with the meaning: jade tablet |
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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 ts'wun = 3.72 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". |
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
| 封建社会 |
fēng jiàn shè huì |
feudal society |
| 封建 |
fēng jiàn |
system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic |
| 封建主义 |
fēng jiàn zhǔ yì |
feudalism |
| 密封 |
mì fēng |
seal up |
| 封锁 |
fēng suǒ |
to blockade; to seal off |
| 敕封 |
chì fēng |
to appoint sb to a post or confer a title on sb by imperial order |
| 敕封 |
chì fēng |
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