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jìn

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Forbidden 禁 to speak 口; 禁 also provides the pronunciation

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
禁
禁 SoundMeaning component
jìn, jīn prohibit, forbid

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡrɯmʔ
ɡrɯms

說文解字

口閉也。从口禁聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica