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封 — 9 strokes / Radical「寸」

道
3Junior high level / 9 strokes / Radical「寸」
On
フウ・ホウふう・ほう · fū · hō
Kun
—
Meaning
seal; closing

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

土 "earth" with 寸: to close off with heaped earth — to seal.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onフウふうfū封鎖ふうさ封書ふうしょ密封みっぷう
Onホウほうhō封建的ほうけんてき素封家そほうか

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 封筒ふうとう

    envelope

  • 開封かいふう

    opening (a letter)

More words with this kanji

  • 封緘ふうかん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

封筒(ふうとう)に切手(きって)をはった。

I stuck a stamp on the envelope.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

封筒開封封筒tube開open寸sun寺temple対facing専specia…将genera…邦countr…芳fragra…奉offer胞sac倣emulat…
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)