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禁

Reading

Kana: キン
Romaji: kin
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

prohibition, ban, forbid

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  113
Frequency:  681
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  2-8-5
Korean Reading:  geum
Chinese Reading:  jin1
Unicode:  7981
JIS:  3658

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2795
Nelson Index: 3251
New Nelson Index: 4098
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4e8.3
Four Corner Index: 4490.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 654
Gakken Index: 853
Japanese Names Index: 2021
Daikanwanjiten Index: 24743
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0477
Remembering the kanji Index: 1098
Kanji Flashcards Index: 776
Kodansha Compact Index: 1416
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 682
Kanji in Context Index: 815
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1788
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2435
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1107
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1179
Essential Kanji Index: 639
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3469
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1841
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 763
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 772

Words

禁 (きん)
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
禁じる (きんじる)
to prohibit
解禁 (かいきん)
lifting a ban
禁断 (きんだん)
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
禁忌 (きんき)
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
禁止 (きんし)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
監禁 (かんきん)
confinement
禁煙 (きんえん)
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
禁書 (きんしょ)
prohibited book or literature
禁酒 (きんしゅ)
prohibition; temperance; abstinence
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