Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

禁: prohibition, ban

Also: forbid

JLPT N213 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

示 carries the meaning · 林 is drawn in

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 禁制きんせいprohibition, taboo
  • 禁句きんくtaboo phrase
  • 禁欲的なきんよくてきなascetic, abstemious
  • 禁止するきんしするprohibit, ban
  • 禁煙するきんえんするstop smoking
  • 禁酒するきんしゅするstop drinking
  • 厳禁するげんきんするstrictly prohibit
  • 解禁するかいきんするlift a ban

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Make an offering! This radical is the gateway to the sacred world.”
More in the 示 altar story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
林

Also built on grove (林)

示

Also built on altar (示)

All 8

禁 gives its sound to

The family reading is キン (kin). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read キン

25 kanji share this on'yomiAll 25

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
禁 prohibition · 示
vs森 forest · 木
禁 has 示 where 森 has 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jìn

Same form: 禁 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
禁 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
禁 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jìn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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