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Mandarin · pinyin fēng#

Meanings · fēng

  1. to confer
  2. to grant
  3. to bestow a title
  4. to seal
  5. classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
Mandarin · pinyin Fēng#

Meanings · Fēng

  1. surname Feng
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fēng · letter, envelope; feudal
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character · Etymology 1

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

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封 · feng1 · Feng1
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 33,841, 33,840
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Exact source records封 封 [feng1] /to confer/to grant/to bestow a title/to seal/classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters/封 封 [Feng1] /surname Feng/