止
halt, stop
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
4 / 4
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:4
JLPT:4
Frequency:310
Vocabulary
シ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 休止 | キュウシ | pause; suspension; rest; stoppage |
| 禁止 | キンシ | prohibition; inhibition; ban |
| 終止符 | シュウシフ | full stop; period; end |
| 制止 | セイシ | control; check; restraint; inhibition |
| 静止 | セイシ | stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口止め | くちどめ | forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; muzzling (someone); gagging; hushing up; hush money |
| 差し止め | さしとめ | prohibition; ban; suspension; injunction |
| 思い止まる | おもいとどまる | to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind |
| 止す | よす | to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up; to quit |
| 止まる | とまる | to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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