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Kanji Detail for 止 - "to stop, to halt"

止

  • Meaning

    止 means "to stop, to halt." Also associated with to remain.

    1. Stop - To cease; to halt; to discontinue.

    2. Stay - To remain; to dwell.

    3. Prohibit - To forbid; to prevent.

  • Words using 止

    • 停止 ていし Listen stoppage; coming to a stop; halt
    • 禁止 きんし Listen prohibition; inhibition; ban
    • 防止 ぼうし Listen prevention; check
    • 中止 ちゅうし Listen interruption; discontinuance; suspension
    • 廃止 はいし Listen abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation
    • 歯止め はどめ Listen brake; drag; skid
    • 受け止める うけとめる Listen to catch; to stop the blow; to react to
    • 禁止法 きんしほう Listen negative statute; law against something

  • Four-character idioms with 止

    • 明鏡止水 めいきょうしすい Listen clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water)
    • 笑止千万 しょうしせんばん Listen highly ridiculous; quite absurd

  • Tattoo check: 止

    • Verified meaning: to stop, to halt
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いたる, とどむ, とまる, とめ)
    • Also carries these associations: to remain

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 止

    Given names 止(いたる)Listen 止(とどむ)Listen 止(とまる)Listen 止(とめる)Listen

    Surnames 止(とめ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    stop; halt

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stop, halt, desist; detain

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to stop; to prohibit; until; only

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To stop. As in 止步 (halt). | To end. As in 止境 (limit). Also, to stop someone's movement is called 止, as in 禁止 (prohibit). | To dwell. Dwelling in one's place is called 止. As in "whereabouts uncertain" (行止未定). The Great Learning says: "Rest in the highest good" (在止於至善), meaning to settle oneself. | Bearing and conduct. The Book of Odes says: "A person without proper conduct" (人而無止). 止 is interchangeable with 趾 (foot). Bearing and conduct is like saying "head and feet," referring to the whole body. Today, behavior is also called 舉止; conduct is called 行止. Same meaning. | A particle. The Book of Odes: "A hundred homes are full" (百室盈止). "Women and children are at peace" (婦子寧止). | Only. As in "there is only this amount" (止有此數). Now commonly written as 祇.

  • Onyomi

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    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

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    do.mari(ど-まり) ど-まり

    do.me(ど-め) ど-め

    sa.su(さ-す) さ-す

    sashi(さし) さし

    to.maru(と-まる) と-まる

    to.meru(と-める) と-める

    todo.maru(とど-まる) とど-まる

    todo.me(とど-め) とど-め

    todo.meru(とど-める) とど-める

    ya.meru(や-める) や-める

    ya.mu(や-む) や-む

    yo.su(よ-す) よ-す

  • Strokes

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    4 strokes

  • Radical

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    止 (tomeru・tomehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to stop to halt to remain cease only secure fasten arrest block prevent pause restrain check curb still stationary stay

Sentences including 止

  • She blinked to stop the tears.

  • She suggested to me i call off the meeting.

  • It stopped snowing an hour ago.

  • All the traffic was brought to a standstill by the accident.

  • Move along now.

  • I had to call off the party.

  • It's time you stopped watching television.

  • This is a tropical storm. it'll be over soon.

  • The game was called off on account of the rain.

  • Bring someone up short.

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