封

fēng

letter, envelope; feudal

How to write 封, stroke by stroke

surname Feng; to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters

Ideographic: To seal 寸 something with a handful of mortar 土

Made of 圭 + 寸

封锁fēng suǒto blockade; to seal off; to lock down
信封xìn fēngenvelope
封闭fēng bìto close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
封面fēng miàncover (of a publication)
封印fēng yìnseal (on envelopes)
密封mì fēngto seal up
冰封bīng fēngto freeze over; to ice over; icebound; to shelve (a proposal etc)
封存fēng cúnto sequester; to seal up (for safe keeping); to freeze (an account); to mothball
查封chá fēngto sequester; to seize (assets); to seal up; to close down
封口fēng kǒuto keep one's lips sealed; (of a wound) to heal; to seal (an envelope, bag, container etc); the sealed opening of an envelope, bag etc; (fig.) to lock down; to finalize (a decision, plan etc)
封建fēng jiànsystem of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic
分封fēn fēngto divide and confer (property on one's descendants)

她告诉我们道路被封闭了。
tā gào sù wǒ men dào lù bèi fēng bì le 。
She told us the road was closed.
这张纸太大，塞不进信封里。
zhè zhāng zhǐ tài dà ， sāi bú jìn xìn fēng lǐ 。
The paper is too big for the envelope.
不要根据封面来判断一本书。
bú yào gēn jù fēng miàn lái pàn duàn yì běn shū 。
Don't judge a book by its cover.
我需要写一封信。你有纸吗？
wǒ xū yào xiě yì fēng xìn 。 nǐ yǒu zhǐ ma ？
I have to write a letter. Do you have some paper?
我昨晚写了一封情信。
wǒ zuó wǎn xiě le yì fēng qíng xìn 。
I wrote a love letter last night.