禁 Kanji for prohibition

N3–N2Grade 513 strokes

prohibition, ban, forbid

禁 is the Japanese kanji for prohibition, ban, forbid. It is written with 13 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its on reading is キン.

Stroke order

禁きんban (e.g. on smoking), prohibition
禁きんじるto forbid, to ban, to prohibit
禁きん止しprohibition, inhibition, ban
禁きん煙えんabstaining from smoking, quitting smoking
解かい禁きんlifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.)
監かん禁きんconfinement, imprisonment, incarceration

Practice 禁 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.