Read Edit View history Discussion 封 fēng HSK2 letter Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts using hands (寸) to cultivate plants (丰). Based on the original meaning "create a boundary with plants". The meaning later shifted to "divide off", "seal", and "letter". Pinyin Separate values with commas fēng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 封 Simp strokes 封 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a plant growing in the ground. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 封 Simp strokes 封 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 封 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 200, 606 ], [ 256, 601 ], [ 447, 649 ], [ 484, 644 ] ], [ [ 314, 821 ], [ 360, 781 ], [ 354, 539 ], [ 337, 511 ] ], [ [ 66, 438 ], [ 112, 430 ], [ 438, 509 ], [ 496, 508 ] ], [ [ 197, 312 ], [ 240, 309 ], [ 395, 358 ], [ 454, 360 ] ], [ [ 321, 457 ], [ 350, 436 ], [ 354, 424 ], [ 351, 249 ], [ 330, 220 ] ], [ [ 139, 155 ], [ 196, 137 ], [ 500, 254 ] ], [ [ 553, 513 ], [ 576, 507 ], [ 608, 509 ], [ 865, 560 ], [ 941, 547 ] ], [ [ 687, 844 ], [ 723, 821 ], [ 747, 793 ], [ 743, 568 ], [ 757, 79 ], [ 735, 25 ], [ 684, 44 ], [ 601, 91 ] ], [ [ 524, 396 ], [ 584, 337 ], [ 604, 295 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 381 606 Q 486 636 488 637 Q 495 644 491 653 Q 484 663 456 670 Q 422 676 385 657 L 330 639 Q 320 638 314 635 Q 265 623 208 616 Q 172 609 199 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