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  *封* | 封* | *封
to confer / to grant / to bestow a title / to seal / classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
HSK 2
to affix a seal / to stamp / to print out (with a printer)
HSK 2
to close; to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
HSK 4
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  *严* | 严* | *严
tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father
HSK 4
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  *章* | 章* | *章
chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order
HSK 6
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  *印* | 印* | *印
to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image
HSK 6
to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc) / (computing) to enable (a feature) / (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate / to open (sth that has been sealed)
HSK 7-9
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  *戳* | 戳* | *戳
to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to fuck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal
HSK 7-9
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  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
to seal up
HSK 7-9
to blockade / to seal off / to lock down
HSK 7-9
mark / symbol / notation / seal
HSK 7-9
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  *闷* | 闷* | *闷
bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed
HSK 7-9
seal / signet / chop / stamp / CL:
HSK 7-9
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
glove compartment (of a car) / glovebox (sealed compartment with attached gloves for handling hazardous materials etc)
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  *绂* | 绂* | *绂
ribbon for a seal / sash
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  *符* | 符* | *符
mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
golden seal / characters tattooed on a convict's face
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  *篆* | 篆* | *篆
seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script
to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute / lute / luting
official seal
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
seal (on envelopes)
security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
(zoology) seal
seal impression / stamp / mark from a seal serving as signature
imperial seal
to dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick
to engrave a seal / stamp mark / to print with carved type / to leave a deep impression
to sequester / to seize (assets) / to seal up / to close down
seal / stamp
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  *隶* | 隶* | *隶
(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)
to open (sth that has been sealed)
outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal
to keep one's lips sealed / (of a wound) to heal / to seal (an envelope, bag, container etc) / the sealed opening of an envelope, bag etc / (fig.) to lock down; to finalize (a decision, plan etc)
to carve a seal / a seal
angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum)
sealed / airtight
angular Solomon's seal / Polygonatum odoratum
to sequester / to seal up (for safe keeping) / to freeze (an account) / to mothball
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  *玺* | 玺* | *玺
ruler's seal
cap / seal / cover / to cover / blocked shot (basketball)
seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)
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  *绶* | 绶* | *绶
cord on a seal
to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story
(sealed) tight / close / (hidden) safely / securely
to open (sth that has been sealed)
stamp / seal / CL:
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
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  *焗* | 焗* | *焗
(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake
to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
sealed off / impenetrable
red ink paste used for seal
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document)
official seal / imperial or royal seal / papal bull
to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact
stamp / seal
fur seal
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  *卩* | 卩* | *卩
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)
the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc
fur seal / (literary) fat; obese
airline emblem / travel company seal
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  *㔾* | 㔾* | *㔾
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)
seal of authority / official seal
dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal
seal
stamp / seal
fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus)
to sign across the seal (as a precaution against fraud)
close-fitting / tightly sealed
sealed ribbon fastening correspondence (in former times)
(gaming) to finish off a wounded combatant / (fig.) to attack sb who is already under fire / to pile on / (sphragistics) to retouch a seal after taking a first impression
stamp / official seal
King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum)
bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)
the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal)
seal (esp. of ruler)
seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
official seal
elephant seal
(archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official
Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆, attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王 but probably dating from c. 500 BC
seal case / box for seal and ink pad
collection of seal stamps
(sealed) tightly / (wrapped) closely / (covered) completely
sealed compartment
to seal off a port
spotted seal (Phoca largha)
to seal / to close up a package with a seal
golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
(old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
seal of state

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