Chinese symbol for “prohibited”
违禁
wéi jìn
Traditional: 違禁
to violate a prohibition or ban; prohibited; illicit
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prohibited is 违禁 (wéi jìn), defined as: to violate a prohibition or ban; prohibited; illicit.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 违禁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 违法 (違法) | wéi fǎ | illegal; to break the law |
| 违反 (違反) | wéi fǎn | to violate (a law) |
| 违背 (違背) | wéi bèi | to go against; to be contrary to |
| 违规 (違規) | wéi guī | to violate the rules |
| 违纪 (違紀) | wéi jì | lack of discipline; to break a rule |
| 违约 (違約) | wéi yuē | to break a promise; to violate an agreement |
| 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 “prohibited”.
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.