止

4 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 2nd grade
JLPT exam level N4

stop, halt

Kun'yomi
  • とまる
    		to stop (moving) ②to stop (doing, working, being supplied) ③to alight
  • -どまり
  • とめる
    		to stop ②to park ③to prevent ④to stop (someone from doing something)
  • -とめる
  • -どめ
  • とどめる
    		to stop ②to contain ③to record (e.g. a fact)
  • とどめ
    		finishing blow
  • とどまる
    		to remain ②to be limited to
  • やめる
    		to stop (an activity) ②to cancel
  • やむ
    		to cease
  • -やむ
  • よす
    		to cease
  • -さす
  • -さし
On'yomi
  • シ
Nanori
  • どめ

Main Radical

止(KanXi)

Variants

と ト

Reading Commonality

とまる-どまりとめる-とめる-どめ 71.6%
シ 24.6%
どめ 2.2%
やめるやむ-やむ 1.3%
よす 0.3%
とどめるとどめとどまる 0.0%

Character Breakdown

stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)

Contained In

企 凪 址 従 徙 從 正 此 武 歩 歯 歳 歴 歸 沚 渋 澀 澁 疋 祉 耻 肯 蕋 走 足 趾 阯 齒

Common Words

と
止
　
め
　
る
to stop ②to park ③to prevent ④to stop (someone from doing something)
と
止
　
ま
　
る
to stop (moving) ②to stop (doing, working, being supplied) ③to alight
きん
禁
し
止
prohibition
そ
阻
し
止
obstruction
う
受
　
け
と
止
　
め
　
る
to catch ②to react to
ちゅう
中
し
止
interruption ②cancelation (of a planned event)
つ
突
　
き
と
止
　
め
　
る
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause) ②to stab to death
く
食
　
い
と
止
　
め
　
る
to check
た
立
　
ち
ど
止
　
ま
　
る
to stop (in one's tracks)
あし
足
ど
止
　
め
preventing (someone) from leaving ②being stranded ③level dyeing
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Unicode hex code 6B62
JIS X 0208 1-27-63
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