Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 封
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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
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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".) |
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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 |
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