漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
止: stop, halt
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Shang Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Five readings, and the words that use each
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 停止するていしするstop
- 中止するちゅうしするcancel
- 廃止するはいしするabolish
- 禁止するきんしするprohibit
とまるtomaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 止まるとまるstop [v.i.]
とめるtomeru · kun'yomi
- 止めるとめるstop [v.t.]
やめるyameru · kun'yomi
- 止めるやめるstop [v.t.], give up, quit
やむyamu · kun'yomi
- 止むやむ(e.g. rain) stop [v.i.]
Also read -どまり, -とめる, -どめ, とどめる, とどめ, とどまる, -やむ, よす, -さす, -さし, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
A footprint pointing up, originally meaning "foot"; stylized as 龰. The derivative 趾 refers to the original meaning.
Source: Wiktionary, 止 (rev. 93297076), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stop right there! See the foot planted firmly on the earth.”
Connections
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhǐ
Same form: 止 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 止 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 止 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.