Memory phrase for the Kanji: 禁

禁

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Meaning forbid, ban, prohibit

Pronunciation

KIN

Explanation

Top: woods 林, below: to show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on)

Mnemonic
 
In the wood a "Showing up" is forbidden. - Or: Sacrificing only woods 林 on the altar 示 is: forbidden.

Radicals

林 small forest
礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
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 Vocabulary

禁止 きんし  prohibition
禁じる きんじる  to prohibit
禁煙 きんえん  No Smoking!
禁物 きんもつ  taboo, forbidden thing

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