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禁 = 林 + 示

禁 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “prohibition”. It is built from 林 (grove) and 示 (show). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1179. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
prohibition
RTK frame
1179
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
запрещение
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
禁 restrict

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 林 grove
  2. 示 show

Characters that contain 禁

How to find 禁 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grove” + “show”. 禁 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 禁 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.