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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).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

封 fēng
envelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal
radical 41 ⼨ · 9 strokes
禁 jìn
to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
radical 113 ⽰ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ban”

WordPinyinMeaning
禁演jìn yǎnto ban (a play or movie)
禁止jìn zhǐto prohibit; to forbid
禁令jìn lìngprohibition; ban
禁用jìn yòngto prohibit the use of sth; to ban
查禁chá jìnto prohibit; to ban

Related words

Other words that share a character with 封禁.

WordPinyinMeaning
封锁 (封鎖)fēng suǒto blockade; to seal off
封闭 (封閉)fēng bìto close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue)
封建fēng jiànsystem of enfeoffment; feudalism
封面fēng miàncover (of a publication)
信封xìn fēngenvelope
封号 (封號)fēng hào(archaic) title granted to a person; to ban an (online) account
禁止jìn zhǐto prohibit; to forbid
不禁bù jīncan'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.

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