Memory phrase for the character: 封

封

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Meaning

to seal, letter(=sealed objects), to grant

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.

Radicals

圭 piled earthTwo times earth 土 on top of each other stands for piled-up earth. (Standing alone it has the meaning: jade sceptre)
寸 skillful handImage 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".
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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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