The kanji 封: meaning, readings and stroke order
封
- Meaning
- seal, grant land
- On reading
- フウ fuu、ホウ hou
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 寸 thumb, inch
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- niêm phong, phong đất (phong)
- Japanese
- とじて ふうを する。りょうちを あたえる。
- Korean
- 봉하다, 땅을 내리다 (봉)
- Chinese
- 封住、封地
Readings, words and example sentences
フウ fuu · on reading
封書
sealed letter
封書で 手紙を 送ります。
I send a letter in a sealed envelope.
ホウ hou · on reading · less common
封建
feudal (system)
封建の 時代を 学びます。
We learn about the feudal age.
Practise writing 封 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 封 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.