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禁

jìn, jīn

prohibit, forbid

Phonosemantic compound. 示 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.

Components
林 sound component

林  Sound component

lín

  

forest

示 meaning component

示  Meaning component

shì

  

show

Evolution

禁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
禁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
禁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

禁  

jìn

restrict, prohibit, forbid; to prohibit; to forbid

禁  

jīn

to endure

Most common words with 禁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

禁止

to prohibit

禁

to prohibit

不禁

can't help (doing sth)

禁区

restricted area

监禁

to imprison

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

襟 噤

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

襟 噤

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kr[ə]m-s

kimH

jìn

prohibit


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 32.9169% of movies

1140th most common character in movies

986th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+7981

Shuowen

“禁，吉凶之忌也。从示，林聲。”


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