Chinese symbol for “forbidding”
森
sēn
(bound form) densely wooded; (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forbidding is 森 (sēn), defined as: (bound form) densely wooded; (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “forbidding”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 詻 | è | harsh; forbidding |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 森.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 森林 | sēn lín | forest; measure word: 片 (piàn) |
| 森严 (森嚴) | sēn yán | strict; rigid |
| 戒备森严 (戒備森嚴) | jiè bèi sēn yán | heavily-guarded |
| 阴森 (陰森) | yīn sēn | gloomy; sinister |
| 森森 | sēn sēn | dense (of trees); thick |
| 帕金森病 | pà jīn sēn bìng | Parkinson's disease |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forbidding”.
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.