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禁

prohibition
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingキン
JōyōGrade 5
  1. to forbid
  2. to ban
  3. to prohibit
  4. to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.)
  5. to hold back (e.g. tears)

Popular Usage

禁煙禁止禁物禁じる禁ずる

Radicals and components

Radical示spiritComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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grove (林) · tree (木) · wood (木) · altar (示) · show (示) · two (二) · small (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1179

Compound words

禁煙きんえん
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
禁止きんし
prohibition; inhibition; ban
禁物きんもつ
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
禁じるきんじる
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
禁ずるきんずる
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
解禁かいきん
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
監禁かんきん
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
禁句きんく
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
禁錮きんこ
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
禁酒きんしゅ
abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
禁制きんせい
prohibition; ban; embargo
禁輸きんゆ
embargo
厳禁げんきん
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
拘禁こうきん
detention; custody; confinement; internment
発禁はっきん
prohibition of sale; ban on sale
軟禁なんきん
house arrest
禁断きんだん
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
独禁法どっきんほう
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
禁欲的きんよくてき
abstemious; austere
禁止法きんしほう
negative statute; law against something
禁止事項きんしじこう
prohibited item; banned item
立ち入り禁止たちいりきんし
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; Off Limits; Keep Out

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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