Chinese symbol for “ban”
封禁
fēng jìn
to ban (narcotics, a movie etc); to block (a road etc); (Internet) to block (a user)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ban is 封禁 (fēng jìn), defined as: to ban (narcotics, a movie etc); to block (a road etc); (Internet) to block (a user).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ban”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁演 | jìn yǎn | to ban (a play or movie) |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 禁令 | jìn lìng | prohibition; ban |
| 禁用 | jìn yòng | to prohibit the use of sth; to ban |
| 查禁 | chá jìn | to prohibit; to ban |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 封禁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 封锁 (封鎖) | fēng suǒ | to blockade; to seal off |
| 封闭 (封閉) | fēng bì | to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue) |
| 封建 | fēng jiàn | system of enfeoffment; feudalism |
| 封面 | fēng miàn | cover (of a publication) |
| 信封 | xìn fēng | envelope |
| 封号 (封號) | fēng hào | (archaic) title granted to a person; to ban an (online) account |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 不禁 | bù jīn | can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ban”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.