解禁

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	to prohibit; to forbid; endure
trad. (解禁)		解	禁
simp. ^#(解禁)		解	禁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiějìn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² gam³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kái-kìm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiějìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiějìn
  - Wade–Giles: chieh³-chin⁴
  - Yale: jyě-jìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieejinn
  - Palladius: цзецзинь (czeczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai² gam³
  - Yale: gáai gam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² gam³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai² gem³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ kɐm³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-kìm
  - Tâi-lô: kái-kìm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kay'kixm
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kim⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kim¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kim²¹/

Verb

解禁

to lift a ban
政治民主，社會開放之後，許多限制都紛紛解禁。 [MSC, trad.]
政治民主，社会开放之后，许多限制都纷纷解禁。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhèngzhì mínzhǔ, shèhuì kāifàng zhīhòu, xǔduō xiànzhì dōu fēnfēn jiějìn. [Pinyin]
After political democracy and social opening up, many restrictions were lifted.

References

“解禁”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
解	禁
かい Grade: 5	きん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいきん [kàíkíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ikʲĩɴ]

Noun

解(かい)禁(きん) • (kaikin)

release of a ban
ようやっとネット解禁(かいきん)となる。
Yōyatto netto kaikin to naru.
The restrictions on the use of the Internet in elections will be lifted.
release of previously unavailable content
サブスク解禁(かいきん)
sabusuku kaikin
release to streaming platforms

キービジュ解禁(かいきん)
kībiju kaikin
key visual unveiling

Verb

解(かい)禁(きん)する • (kaikin suru) transitive suru (stem 解(かい)禁(きん)し (kaikin shi), past 解(かい)禁(きん)した (kaikin shita))

lift a ban, remove a ban

Conjugation

Conjugation of "解禁する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	解禁し	かいきんし	kaikin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	解禁し	かいきんし	kaikin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	解禁する	かいきんする	kaikin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	解禁する	かいきんする	kaikin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	解禁すれ	かいきんすれ	kaikin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	解禁せよ¹ 解禁しろ²	かいきんせよ¹ かいきんしろ²	kaikin seyo¹ kaikin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	解禁される	かいきんされる	kaikin sareru
Causative	解禁させる解禁さす	かいきんさせるかいきんさす	kaikin saseru kaikin sasu
Potential	解禁できる	かいきんできる	kaikin dekiru
Volitional	解禁しよう	かいきんしよう	kaikin shiyō
Negative	解禁しない	かいきんしない	kaikin shinai
Negative continuative	解禁せず	かいきんせず	kaikin sezu
Formal	解禁します	かいきんします	kaikin shimasu
Perfective	解禁した	かいきんした	kaikin shita
Conjunctive	解禁して	かいきんして	kaikin shite
Hypothetical conditional	解禁すれば	かいきんすれば	kaikin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“解禁”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026