Back to N2 Kanji
禁
JLPT N2 SL5 13 strokes Frequency: #681

Meanings

Prohibition, Ban, Forbid

Radicals

η€Ί

Decomposition

βΏ±ζž—η€Ί

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)
禁裏 γγ‚“γ‚Š

Imperial Palace

禁漁区 γγ‚“γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†γ

game preserve

禁中 きんけゅう

court

禁漁期 γγ‚“γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†γ

closed season for fishing or hunting

発売禁歒 は぀ばいきんし

prohibition of sale

金解禁 きんかいきん

lifting of a gold embargo

禁札 きんさ぀

signboard bearing a prohibition notice

禁教 きんきょう

prohibition of a religion

禁裏様 γγ‚“γ‚Šγ•γΎ

the emperor

禁圧 きんあ぀

suppression

禁酒法 きんしゅほう

Prohibition Law

禁ι³₯ きんけょう

legally protected bird

禁輸品 きんゆひん

contraband (goods)

禁治産者 きんけさんしゃ

(legally) incompetent individual

禁軒載 きんてんさい

reproduction prohibited

η¦θ‘›ιšŠ γγ‚“γˆγ„γŸγ„

imperial guards

η¦εˆΆε“ きんせいひん

contraband (goods)

禁欲主義 γγ‚“γ‚ˆγγ—γ‚…γŽ

asceticism

禁獄 きんごく

imprisonment

εŒ–ε­¦ε…΅ε™¨η¦ζ­’ζ‘η΄„ γ‹γŒγγΈγ„γγγ‚“γ—γ˜γ‚‡γ†γ‚„γ

chemical weapons ban treaty