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Kanji Detail for 停 - "to stop, to stay"

停

  • Meaning

    停 means "to stop, to stay." Also associated with to suspend.

    1. Stop - To cease; to halt.

    2. Stay - To remain; to pause.

    3. Suspend - To temporarily discontinue.

  • Words using 停

    • 停戦 ていせん Listen armistice; ceasefire
    • 停止 ていし Listen stoppage; coming to a stop; halt
    • 調停 ちょうてい Listen mediation; arbitration; intervention
    • 停滞 ていたい Listen stagnation; tie-up; standstill
    • 停電 ていでん Listen power outage; power failure; power cut
    • 停車 ていしゃ Listen stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
    • 停泊 ていはく Listen anchorage; anchoring; mooring
    • 停学 ていがく Listen suspension from school

  • Tattoo check: 停

    • Verified meaning: to stop, to stay
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to suspend

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    halt; stopping

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stop, suspend, delay; suitable

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to stop; to halt; to park (a car)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to suspend, to halt, to delay; suitable

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

    To stop. Such as 停留 (stay), 停泊 (anchor). | 居停: Refers to lodging. (History of Song, Biography of Ding Wei) "Wei turned and said: 'The host of my lodging, say no more.'" At the time, there was discussion of demoting Kou Zhun, but Wang Zeng argued against it. The character 停 was used to mean a portion. Such as "out of ten portions, nine are gone."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    to.maru(と-まる) と-まる

    to.meru(と-める) と-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    stop stay suspend quit resign secure fasten stagnate stall halt pause cease discontinue immobilize interrupt standstill remain

Sentences including 停

  • It's a ten minutes walk to the bus stop.

  • I met her by accident at the bus stop.

  • There is a bus stop near by.

  • What town does the bus stop at next?

  • The electricity failed during the storm.

  • Get off at the next stop.

  • The car came to an abrupt stop.

  • Ten minutes' walk brought us to the bus stop.

  • What is the next stop?

  • The power has been cut off since this morning.

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