# 禁 — Prohibit

Frequency rank 876 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 洗 (Wash), less common than 窓 (Window).

- On’yomi: きん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 示 Spirit (Kangxi 113)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

Two trees on the bottom support a jackhammer on top — the trees are so sacred that a jackhammer is prohibited from touching them.

In words:

- 禁ずる きんずる — to forbid;to suppress
- 禁じる きんじる — to prohibit
- 禁止 きんし — prohibition,ban

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