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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
封建 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
封建 ＝ 封 ＋ 建
ㄈㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˋ · fēngjiàn
adjective/noun — feudal; feudalism

字源 FORM — what the parts do

封to grant land (封地)fēnga hand (寸) pressing into earth (土) — marking a territory's boundary
建to establish (建設)jiàn
封建，封閉的封，建設的建。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手壓入土，劃定邊界；大廳就在後面蓋起來了。
A hand (寸) presses into earth (土) — the boundary drawn (封); the hall rises behind it (建): land granted, order set.
字源
關 · Related
封建制度fēngjiànzhìdùthe full institutional term建立jiànlìto establish — the everyday 建