封
封 — bong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 봉할 봉
- Romanization
- bong
- English
- letter, envelope; feudal
- Mandarin
- fēng
- Japanese on'yomi
- フウ, ホウ, フ, ヘン, ポンド
- Japanese kun'yomi
- さかい とじる
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,143 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 寸 (41, 6 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5C01
Parts that make up 封
How 封 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 封 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 丰, 土, 寸.
Korean example words with 封
- 신봉信封 Korean gloss: 편지 봉투
- 봉계封界 Korean gloss: 봉토의 경계
- 봉지封地 Korean gloss: 제후의 영토
- 피봉皮封 Korean gloss: 봉투의 겉면
- 봉채封采 Korean gloss: ‘봉치’의 원말
- 봉피封皮 Korean gloss: 물건을 싼 종이
- 봉장封狀 Korean gloss: 겉봉을 봉한 편지
- 봉상封賞 Korean gloss: 임금이 상을 내려 줌
- 봉호封號 Korean gloss: 왕이 봉하여 내려 준 호(號)
- 봉물封物 Korean gloss: 예전에, 지방에서 중앙으로 올리던 물품
- 봉송封送 Korean gloss: 물건을 싸서 선물로 보냄. 또는 그 물건
- 봉계封啓 Korean gloss: 밀봉한 문서로 임금께 아룀. 또는 그 문서
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 封
- 完封かんぷう total blockage; complete shutdown; stopping completely
- 封鎖ふうさ blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area)
- 封筒ふうとう envelope
- 封ふう seal
- 封書ふうしょ sealed letter
- 封じ手ふうじて sealed move; next move written down and kept sealed in an envelope until the game is resumed the following day; forbidden maneuver (in sumo, martial arts, etc.)
- 経済封鎖けいざいふうさ economic blockade; embargo
- 封じるふうじる to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid
- 同封どうふう enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
- 封印ふういん seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal
- 封切りふうきり premiere; first showing; release (film)
- 封建ほうけん feudalism
Other hanja read “봉”
Other hanja with radical 寸
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences