The kanji 止: meaning, readings and stroke order

止

Meaning: stop
On reading: シ shi
Kun reading: と（まる） tomaru、と（める） tomeru
Strokes: 4
Radical: 止 stop
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dừng lại (chỉ)
Japanese: とまる。とめる。
Korean: 멈추다 (지)
Chinese: 停止

Readings, words and example sentences

シ shi · on reading

中ちゅう止し
calling off, cancellation
大雨で会は 中ちゅう止しになりました。
The meeting was called off because of heavy rain.

と（まる） tomaru · kun reading

止とまる
stop
電車が駅に 止とまりました。
The train stopped at the station.

と（める） tomeru · kun reading

止とめる
stop, park
車を門の前に 止とめます。
I park the car in front of the gate.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.