禁 Kanji – prohibition
The Japanese kanji 禁 can mean prohibition, ban, forbid.
Meaning and Readings
How is 禁 read?
禁 has the onyomi reading キン.
In romaji, these readings can be written as kin.
Common Japanese Words Using 禁
These common Japanese words contain 禁. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 解禁（かいきん） — lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.)
- 監禁（かんきん） — confinement, imprisonment, incarceration
- 禁じる（きんじる） — to forbid, to ban, to prohibit
- 禁ずる（きんずる） — to forbid, to ban, to prohibit
- 禁煙（きんえん） — abstaining from smoking, quitting smoking
- 禁句（きんく） — taboo word, forbidden topic
- 禁錮（きんこ） — imprisonment (without forced labour), incarceration, confinement
- 禁止（きんし） — prohibition, inhibition, ban
- 禁酒（きんしゅ） — abstinence from alcohol, temperance
- 禁制（きんせい） — prohibition, ban, embargo