禁 jìn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 示 — altar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
禁止
jìnzhǐ
to forbid
Characters in this word
止 zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这里禁止停车。 Zhèlǐ jìnzhǐ tíngchē. Parking is forbidden here.
- 学校禁止吸烟。 Xuéxiào jìnzhǐ xīyān. The school forbids smoking.
- 禁止大声说话。 Jìnzhǐ dàshēng shuōhuà. Speaking loudly is forbidden.