Primary radical
寸 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 封.
寸 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 封.
封 is decomposed as ⿰圭寸.
Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.
HSK 3 · surname Feng; to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
HSK 5 · envelope
HSK 6 · to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
HSK 7-9 · to put a roof (on a building); to cap the roof (finishing a building project); fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc); to top off; fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates); to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
HSK 7-9 · system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic
HSK 7-9 · cover (of a publication)
envelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal
封 has 9 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.
寸 is the radical in 封. It can provide a meaning-side clue.
封 (fēng): surname Feng; to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters; 信封 (xìnfēng): envelope; 封闭 (fēngbì): to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input).