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封
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- 封
- fēng · letter, envelope; feudal
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1 · feng1
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character · Etymology 1
- (literary) border, boundary
- (literary) state, domain, territory
- (historical, of emperors) to confer (a title) upon; to enfeoff
- (now often humorous) to grant (a position or title) to a subordinate
- (literary) to pile up a mound
- (literary) to earth up; to cultivate, nurture
- (literary) to build a burial mound
- (literary, by extension) grave, tomb
- (literary) to bury, inter
- (literary, by extension) to hide away
- (literary) mound of earth
- (literary, specifically) anthill
- (literary) (alt. form 峰) raised or bulging part of something
- (literary, of emperors) to build an altar to worship heaven
- (literary, of generals) to sacrifice to heaven to report success
- (literary) altar built to worship heaven
- to close, block; to seal tightly
- (by extension) to seal, shut out; to prohibit use; to restrict
- (literary) to smear, apply; to cover
- to seal up, wrap up
- sealed object (letter, document, memorial, etc.); envelope, wrapper
- (literary) to mail (a sealed item)
- (Hakka, Hokkien) to braise, stew slowly
- (go) specific move used to blockade enemy stones
- (literary) Classifier for lands, equal to a hundred thousand square li
- Classifier for sealed items such as envelopes, letters, packets, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- (literary) Classifier for camels.
- A former place during the Warring States period, now to the east of 風陵渡 (Fēnglíngdù) in Shanxi, China.
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 封建主義/封建主义 (fēngjiàn zhǔyì, “feudalism”)
- a surname, Feng
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