HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Numbers

封 fēng “(m.w. for letters” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 封 means

  1. (m.w. for letters, emails)
  2. to seal
  3. to confer
  4. to grant
  5. to bestow a title
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters

How to say 封

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale封fēng1st tone, high and level

封 in a sentence

  1. 我收到了朋友的一封信。

    Wǒ shōudào le péngyou de yì fēng xìn.

    I got a letter from a friend.

    Sentence #1582769 from Tatoeba

  2. 我给你发了封邮件。

    Wǒ gěi nǐ fā le fēng yóujiàn.

    I sent you an email.

    Sentence #1870348 from Tatoeba

  3. 这儿有你的一封信。

    Zhèr yǒu nǐ de yì fēng xìn.

    Here’s a letter for you.

    Sentence #796828 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 封 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 封 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
封fēngto confer
  • 圭jade tablet · guī
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 封

封 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

封 (fēng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 封 (fēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 封

Words with 封

信封xìnfēng · envelope封闭fēngbì · to seal off密封mìfēng · to seal up封建fēngjiàn · feudal封锁fēngsuǒ · to blockade

More words: Numbers & Measure Words

一半yībàn · half间jiān · (measure word for rooms)名míng · name好多hǎoduō · a lot of斤jīn · jin (unit of weight部bù · part

FAQs

封 (fēng) means “(m.w. for letters, emails)” or “to seal”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it fēng: fēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 封 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type feng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 封 from the suggestions. Typing feng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
封 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.