Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 禁

禁

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Meaning

 forbid, ban, prohibit

Pronunciation

 KIN

Explanation

 Top: woods 林, below: to show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on)

Mnemonic

In the wood a "Showing up" is forbidden. - Or: Sacrificing only woods 林 on the altar 示 is: forbidden.

Radicals

林 small forest
礻 to show, altar(The radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.)
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Vocabulary

禁止 きんし prohibition
禁じる きんじる to prohibit
禁煙 きんえん No Smoking!
禁物 きんもつ taboo, forbidden thing

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