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禁

JLPT N2 SL5 13 strokes Frequency: #681

Meanings

Prohibition, Ban, Forbid

Radicals

示

Decomposition

⿱林示

Etymology

Pictophonetic: altar

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 diagonal right-to-left

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal right-to-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 diagonal right-to-left

8 diagonal right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

12 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

13 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キン kin

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

188 words total

Other (20 words)

解禁かいきん

lifting a ban

監禁かんきん

confinement

禁じるきんじる

to forbid

禁漁きんりょう

prohibition of fishing

禁所きんしょ

place of confinement

禁断きんだん

prohibition

禁欲きんよく

abstinence

禁忌きんき

taboo

禁酒きんしゅ

abstinence from alcohol

禁足きんそく

confinement (indoors, to quarters, etc.)

禁輸きんゆ

embargo

禁煙車きんえんしゃ

non-smoking (rental) car

禁止条約きんしじょうやく

ban (treaty)

禁則きんそく

prohibition

禁物きんもつ

thing that should be (carefully) avoided

禁ずるきんずる

to forbid

禁句きんく

taboo word

禁書きんしょ

banning of books

禁断症状きんだんしょうじょう

withdrawal symptoms

化学兵器禁止条約かがくへいききんしじょうやく

chemical weapons ban treaty

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