止 (halt, stop) - Kanji Codex

止

halt, stop

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-さ.し-さ.す-と.める-ど.まり-ど.め-や.むと.まると.めるとど.まるとど.めとど.めるや.むや.めるよ.す

Nanori (名乗り)

どめ

Stroke Order

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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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