封印

Chinese

 
to confer; to grant; to seal
to confer; to grant; to seal; (a measure word)
 
stamp; seal; mark
stamp; seal; mark; print; India (abbrev.)
trad. (封印) 封 印
simp. #(封印) 封 印

Pronunciation


Noun

封印

  1. seal (stamp)

Japanese

封印: the red stamp on the right side is a Japanese ink seal.
封印: a western-style wax seal.
Kanji in this term
封 印
ふう
Grade: S
いん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 封印 (MC pjowngH 'jinH, literally “to enclose, to seal + stamp, seal”). Compare Mandarin 封印 (fēngyìn).

Pronunciation

Noun

封(ふう)印(いん) • (fūin) 

  1. a seal, such as a wax impression or stamped pattern, made across the closure of an envelope or on a document for purposes of authentication
    • 2000 August 10, “封(ふう)印(いん)されし者(もの)の左(ひだり)腕(うで) [Left Arm of the Sealed One]”, in 幻の召喚神 PHANTOM GOD [Phantom Summoning God: PHANTOM GOD], Konami:
      封(ふう)印(いん)された左(ひだり)腕(うで)。封(ふう)印(いん)を解(と)くと、無(む)限(げん)の力(ちから)を得(え)られる。
      Fūin sareta hidariude. Fūin o toku to, mugen no chikara o erareru.
      A sealed left arm. Whosoever breaks the seal will earn infinite power.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

封(ふう)印(いん)する • (fūin suru) suru (stem 封(ふう)印(いん)し (fūin shi), past 封(ふう)印(いん)した (fūin shita))

  1. to apply a seal of wax or ink to something
  2. to seal something shut

Conjugation

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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