禁 Strokes Write it Listen 禁 jìn to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure HSK 4 13 strokes Radical 示 Sound + meaning 7 words Built from林soundlínforest, grove; surname示meaningshìaltar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate How it works示 hints at the meaning (altar), and 林 lín hints at the sound.