Memory phrase for the Kanji: 禁


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Meaning

forbid, ban, prohibit

Pronunciation

KIN

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

small forest
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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