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Chinese symbol for “caveat”

禁足
jìn zú
to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for caveat is 禁足 (jìn zú), defined as: to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement.

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

禁 jìn
to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
radical 113 ⽰ · 13 strokes
足 zú
foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough
radical 157 ⾜ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 禁足.

WordPinyinMeaning
禁止jìn zhǐto prohibit; to forbid
不禁bù jīncan't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
监禁 (監禁)jiān jìnto imprison; to jail
禁令jìn lìngprohibition; ban
禁忌jìn jìtaboo; contraindication (medicine)
囚禁qiú jìnto imprison; captivity
足球zú qiúsoccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
满足 (滿足)mǎn zúto satisfy; to meet (the needs of)

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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