封 – seal, closing

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1143 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 封 means seal, closing. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フウ、ホウ (fuu, hou). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 寸 (no. 41).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フウ	fuu
On’yomi	ホウ	hou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 寸 (Kangxi radical 41). Components: 寸・土.

Words using 封

封筒ふうとうenvelope封ふうseal同封どうふうenclosing (e.g. with a letter)封鎖ふうさblockade封建ほうけんfeudalism

Example sentences

だれがこの封筒を破って開けたのか。

Who has torn the envelope open?

Tatoeba #203217

いったん封を切るとそのテープは返品できません。

Once you break the seal, you can't return the tape.

Tatoeba #228868

彼女は小切手を同封して私に送ってくれた。

She sent me the enclosed check.

Tatoeba #88696

Kanji with the same radical

対導専将寺射尊寿尋寸

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