禁
jìn
#984 most
frequent character
to prohibit, to forbid
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
禁 has 林 lín marking the sound and 示 'sign; ancestral tablet' as the meaning part. It first meant taboo. Read jīn, it grew to stopping oneself; read jìn, it grew to prohibit or forbid.
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