The kanji 禁: meaning, readings and stroke order

禁

Meaning: forbid
On reading: キン kin
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 示 sign
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cấm
Japanese: してはいけないととめる。
Korean: 금하다, 막다 (금)
Chinese: 禁止

Readings, words and example sentences

キン kin · on reading

禁きん止し
not allowed, ban
ここから先は立入禁きん止しです。
No entry beyond this point.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.