Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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, altar(Shows 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

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