禁 — kanji meaning “prohibition”
禁
prohibition, ban, forbid
- Meanings
- prohibition, ban, forbid
- On'yomi
- キン (kin)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #681 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 113
- Chinese reading
- jìn, jīn — Chinese character page
Words with 禁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 禁止 | きんし kinshi | prohibition; inhibition; ban |
| 禁煙 | きんえん kin'en | abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking |
| 監禁 | かんきん kankin | confinement; imprisonment; incarceration |
| 解禁 | かいきん kaikin | lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.) |
| 禁物 | きんもつ kinmotsu | thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do |
| 禁じる | きんじる kinjiru | to forbid; to ban; to prohibit |
| 厳禁 | げんきん genkin | strict prohibition; ban; interdiction |
| 禁錮 | きんこ kinko | imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement |
| 禁酒 | きんしゅ kinshu | abstinence from alcohol; temperance |
| 発禁 | はっきん hakkin | prohibition of sale; ban on sale |
| 禁断 | きんだん kindan | prohibition; interdiction |
| 禁輸 | きんゆ kin'yu | embargo |
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