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禁

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 876 / 2,608

Prohibit

On’yomi
きん
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
示 Spirit (Kangxi 113)

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

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

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 suppressN1
禁じる きんじる to prohibitN1
禁止 きんし prohibition,banN3

禁 is rank 876 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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