| Kanji | 禁 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | キン |
| English | prohibition, ban, forbid |
| Examples | 禁止(きんし): prohibition; inhibition; ban 禁煙(きんえん): (1) abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking (2) No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited! 禁じる(きんじる): to prohibit 禁物(きんもつ): taboo; forbidden thing 禁ずる(きんずる): to forbid; to suppress |
| JLPT Level | 2 |
| Jouyou Grade | 5 |
| Frequency | 681 |
| Components | 林: grove; forest 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display |
| Number of Strokes | 13 |
| Kanji Radical | 示 |
| Radical Number | 113 |
| Radical Strokes | 5 |
| Radical Reading | しめす・しめすへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | prohibition |
| Koohii Story 1 | Similar to radical tyro´s story. If you live in Japan, your main exposure to this kanji is probably "no smoking" signs. So I imagine the government enacting a prohibition of tobacco, and burning whole groves of tobacco plants on an altar (the altar of public health, or self-righteousness, if you will). |
| Koohii Story 2 | Hidden in a grove was a church with a secret altar that was stocked full of prohibited alcohol during the American prohibition period of 1920-1933. A local registered himself as a mininster of this altar so he could stock prohibited alcohol "for sacremental purposes" and share it with his kin (きん). |
Tags: jlpt.n2, grade5, kanjifreq501-750
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