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Kanji Detail for 止 - "stop, halt, cease"
止
- Meaning
止 means "stop, halt, cease."
Stop - To cease; to halt; to discontinue.
Stay - To remain; to dwell.
Prohibit - To forbid; to prevent.
- 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.
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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.
立ち止まるな。
Move along now.
パーティーを中止しなければならなかった。
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.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
傷ましい先生は、自分に近づこうとする人間に、近づくほどの価値のないものだから止せという警告を与えたのである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
打ち明けてみようかと考えたり、止した方が好かろうかと思い直したりする動揺が、妙に私の様子をそわそわさせた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
自分と切り離された他人の事実でなくって、自分自身が痛切に味わった事実、血が熱くなったり脈が止まったりするほどの事実が、畳み込まれているらしかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかしその翌日からは母が止めるのも聞かずに、とうとう床を上げさせてしまった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「そんな話はお止しよ」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「あんまり仰山な事は止してください」私は田舎の客が嫌いだった」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし私は父や母の手前、あんな野鄙な人を集めて騒ぐのは止せともいいかねた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかしいくら止そうと思って筆を擱いても、何にもなりませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
旧友は止した方が得だといって忠告してくれましたが、私は聞きませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
ところが奥さんは止せといいました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私には連れて来なければ済まない事情が充分あるのに、止せという奥さんの方には、筋の立った理屈はまるでなかったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
下宿屋ならば、一人より二人が便利だし、二人より三人が得になるけれども、商売でないのだから、なるべくなら止した方が好いというのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そんな人を連れて来るのは、私のために悪いから止せといい直します。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
あなたがたから見て笑止千万な事もその時の私には実際大困難だったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha