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JLPT N2 9 strokes Frequency: #1143

Meanings

Seal, Closing

Radicals

寸

Decomposition

⿰圭寸

Etymology

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

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

6 rising bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 hook right-to-left

9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ホウ hou

フウ fuu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

92 words total

Other (20 words)

total blockage

former fief

sealing hermetically

to suppress the freedom of speech

reblocking

forced out on third

roadblock

enclosing (e.g. with a letter)

forced out on second

semifeudalism

seal

feudal era

premiere

to entrap

feudal system

envelope

seal

suppression (e.g. of free speech)

封じ込めるふうじこめる

to shut in

開封かいふう

opening (a letter, parcel, etc.)

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