Chinese symbol for “prohibition”
禁令
jìn lìng
prohibition; ban
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prohibition is 禁令 (jìn lìng), defined as: prohibition; ban.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “prohibition”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁制令 | jìn zhì lìng | prohibition; ban |
| 禁酒 | jìn jiǔ | prohibition; ban on alcohol |
| 禁酒令 | jìn jiǔ lìng | prohibition; ban on alcohol |
| 禁锢 (禁錮) | jìn gù | to confine; to imprison |
| 禁制 | jìn zhì | to control; to restrict |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 禁令.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 不禁 | bù jīn | can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from |
| 监禁 (監禁) | jiān jìn | to imprison; to jail |
| 禁忌 | jìn jì | taboo; contraindication (medicine) |
| 囚禁 | qiú jìn | to imprison; captivity |
| 命令 | mìng lìng | order; command |
| 令人 | lìng rén | to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) |
| 下令 | xià lìng | to give an order; to issue an order |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prohibition”.
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.