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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嚴* | 嚴* | *嚴
tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father
HSK 4
to close; to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *印* | 印* | *印
to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *章* | 章* | *章
chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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 blockade / to seal off / to lock down
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to seal up
HSK 7-9
mark / symbol / notation / seal
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *悶* | 悶* | *悶
bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed
HSK 7-9
seal / signet / chop / stamp / CL:
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *焗* | 焗* | *焗
(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake
official seal
lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom) / fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact
to encapsulate / to enclose / to wrap / to seal inside
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
to open (sth that has been sealed)
to sequester / to seal up (for safe keeping) / to freeze (an account) / to mothball
seal (on envelopes)
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *符* | 符* | *符
mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide
to engrave a seal / stamp mark / to print with carved type / to leave a deep impression
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *璽* | 璽* | *璽
ruler's seal
to open (sth that has been sealed)
to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *隸* | 隸* | *隸
(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 dismantle / to disassemble / to open up (sth sealed) / to unpick
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
seal
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document)
(zoology) seal
(sealed) tight / close / (hidden) safely / securely
stamp / seal
(sealed) tightly / (wrapped) closely / (covered) completely
to carve a seal / a seal
stamp / seal / CL:
to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / (computing) to seal off a network
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *綬* | 綬* | *綬
cord on a seal
red ink paste used for seal
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *緘* | 緘* | *緘
letters / to close / to seal
seal case / box for seal and ink pad
to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *籀* | 籀* | *籀
(literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud)
seal of state
security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)
to seal off a port
to sign across the seal (as a precaution against fraud)
the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal)
official seal / imperial or royal seal / papal bull
golden seal / characters tattooed on a convict's face
to open sth that has been sealed
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卩* | 卩* | *卩
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)
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)
sealed / airtight
seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
(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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *紱* | 紱* | *紱
ribbon for a seal / sash
imperial seal
decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord
angular Solomon's seal / Polygonatum odoratum
bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)
sealed compartment
collection of seal stamps
stamp / seal
(old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud
King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum)
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document) / to confer an additional title on a nobleman
angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum)
to sequester / to seize (assets) / to seal up / to close down
official seal
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
sealed ribbon fastening correspondence (in former times)
seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)
the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆
golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㔾* | 㔾* | *㔾
"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)
to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute / lute / luting
dust jacket (of a book) / protective cover / document seal
outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal
stamp / seal
official seal / legally binding seal
seal of authority / official seal
fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus)
fur seal / (literary) fat; obese
(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
penis and testes of fur seal (used in TCM)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉨* | 鉨* | *鉨
variant of 璽|玺 ruler's seal
seal / stamp
seal (esp. of ruler)
elephant seal
seal script used throughout the pre-Han period
fur 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
spotted seal (Phoca largha)
close-fitting / tightly sealed
glove compartment (of a car) / glovebox (sealed compartment with attached gloves for handling hazardous materials etc)

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