止 — how to write the kanji for “stop”
止 (“stop” and “halt”) is a JLPT N4 kanji taught in second grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 310th most used kanji. It is also where hiragana と and katakana ト came from. Read shi, it forms 停止 (“stoppage”), 禁止 (“prohibition”) and 防止 (“prevention”); the native reading to-maru gives 歯止め (“brake”) and 受け止める (“to catch”). Chinese reads it zhǐ, “to stop”, at HSK 4.
- Strokes
- 4
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 止 (“stop”)
- On
- シ
- Kun
- -と·める, や·める, よ·す
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Vertical ㇑leftdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 4 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Kana from 止
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- シ shi
- Kun (native)
- -と·める -to-meru, や·める ya-meru, よ·す yo-su, と·まる to-maru (rare), -ど·まり -do-mari (rare), と·める to-meru (rare), -ど·め -do-me (rare), とど·める todo-meru (rare), とど·め todo-me (rare), とど·まる todo-maru (rare), や·む ya-mu (rare), -や·む -ya-mu (rare), -さ·す -sa-su (rare), -さ·し -sa-shi (rare)
- Meanings
- stop; halt
- Read shi
- 停止 禁止 防止 中止 廃止 阻止
- Read to-maru
- 歯止め 受け止める
- School year
- second grade
- Newspaper rank
- 310th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 지 ji
- Common words
- 32 in JMdict
Words with 止
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停止 | ていし teishi | stoppage; coming to a stop |
| 禁止 | きんし kinshi | prohibition; inhibition |
| 防止 | ぼうし boushi | prevention; check |
| 中止 | ちゅうし chuushi | interruption; discontinuance |
| 廃止 | はいし haishi | abolition; discontinuance |
| 歯止め | はどめ hadome | brake; drag |
| 阻止 | そし soshi | obstruction; prevention |
| 受け止める | うけとめる uketomeru | to catch; to stop the blow |
| 禁止法 | きんしほう kinshihou | negative statute; law against something |
| 終止符 | しゅうしふ shuushifu | full stop; period |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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