Memory phrase for the Kanji: 禁


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Meaning

to prohibit to forbid, to endure

Pronunciation

jīn, jìn

Explanation

Top: wood/forest , bottom: to show, altar (image of an altar with a sacrifice and drippling blood )

Mnemonic

In the wood a "Showing up " is forbidden. - Or: Putting only twice wood on the altar (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.

Radicals

forest
to show, altarShows a simple altar with a sacrifice and blood is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
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Vocabulary

 禁止  jìn zhǐ  to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
 囚禁  qiú jìn  to imprison; captivity
 禁锢  jìn gù  to confine; to imprison; prohibition; shackles; fetters
 禁锢  jìn gù  

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