Memory phrase for the character: 禁
禁
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Meaning
to prohibit to forbid, to endure
Pronunciation
jīn, jìn
Explanation
Top: wood/forest 林 , bottom: to show, altar 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and dripping blood 八 )
Mnemonic
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In the wood 林 a "Showing up 示 " is forbidden. - Or: Putting only twice wood 林 on the altar 示 (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.
Radicals
林
forest
示
to show, altar Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 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
3249
囚禁
qiú jìn
to imprison; captivity
6682
禁锢
jìn gù
to confine; to imprison; prohibition; shackles; fetters
9819
禁锢
jìn gù
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