音読み: キン
訓読み: none *
画数: 13
部首: しめす（示）
Meaning
Prohibit / Ban / Forbid / Restrict
- Basic forms
- 禁じる — to forbid; to prohibit / base form
- 禁じます — forbid; prohibit / masu form
- 禁じた — forbade; prohibited / ta form
- 禁じて — forbid and … / te form
- 禁じない — do not forbid / negative
- 禁じれば — if (one) forbids / conditional
- 禁じろ・禁じよ — forbid! / imperative
- Common expressions
- 立ち入りを禁じる — forbid entry
- 使用を禁じる — prohibit use
- 飲酒を禁じられている — alcohol is prohibited
- More
- 禁じられる — be forbidden / passive
- 禁じられている — is prohibited / state
禁じる（きんじる） is an ichidan verb formed from the on-yomi キン plus じる. It is not a traditional kun-reading verb, but a modern, commonly used verb meaning “to forbid” or “to prohibit,” often used in formal, legal, or rule-based contexts.
- 禁止 — prohibition
- 禁煙 — no smoking
- 禁酒 — prohibition of alcohol
- 厳禁 — strictly prohibited
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The character 禁 combines two 林 (forests) over 示 (altar), indicating a sacred area where entry was prohibited. Over time, it came to mean “ban” or “prohibit” more broadly in religious and legal settings.