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封条 (fēng tiáo) — paper strip used for sealing (e.g., on doors, packages, or documents)

Definition

A paper strip pasted across a door or container as an official seal — once applied, breaking it signals tampering. Often used by authorities (courts, police, inspectors) on sealed premises or evidence.

noun
paper strip used for sealing (e.g., on doors, packages, or documents)
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 封条。
    Cāng kù de mén shàng tiē zhe yì zhāng fēng tiáo.
    There is a sealing strip on the warehouse door.
  • 封条。
    Kuài dì bāo guǒ shàng de fēng tiáo wán hǎo wú sǔn.
    The sealing strip on the express package is intact.
  • 封条。
    Fǎ yuàn zài dàng àn guì shàng jiā le fēng tiáo.
    The court added a sealing strip to the filing cabinet.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

封fēngseal
条tiáostrip

封 means seal and 条 means strip; together they mean a strip used for sealing.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丰
丰fēng封fēng
Same sound today

The shape 封 is 丰 plus 土 (earth) plus 寸 (hand); 丰 was originally drawn as a tree seedling.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 條; 条 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu條tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 條 pairs 木, a small branch or stick, with 攸, which shows a person warned by a hand holding a stick, as a sound part; 条 is a later shortened shape.

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