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
 
Donating only twice wood 林 on the altar 示 (as a sacrifice) is: forbidden.

Radicals

林 forest
示 to show, altarShows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.




 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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