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ć­˘
JLPT N4 SL2 4 strokes Frequency: #310

Meanings

Stop, Halt

Radicals

ć­˘

Decomposition

⿻上丨

Etymology

Pictographic: A foot

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left
2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 vertical right-to-left
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
シ shi
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
とお todo
や ya
と to
よ yo

Words Using This Kanji

368 words total
Other (20 words)
血止め草 ちどめぐさ

lawn marshpennywort (Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides)

停止位置 ていしいち

stopping position (of a vehicle; at a pedestrian crossing, traffic lights, etc.)

減圧停止 げんあつていし

decompression stop (in diving)

振動止め しんどうどめ

vibration dampener (for tennis racket strings)

競業避止 きょうぎょうひし

non-competition (clause, obligation, etc.)

停止階 ていしかい

floors at which an elevator stops

時間停止 じかんていし

stopping of time (in fiction)

止句 とめく

words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)

止痢剤 しりざい

antidiarrheal

行き止まる ゆきどまる

to come to a dead end

活動休止 かつどうきゅうし

hiatus (from work; esp. in a creative field)

容止 ようし

demeanor

帯電防止剤 たいでんぼうしざい

antistatic agent

ネジ止め ねじどめ

tightening together with a screw

感染防止 かんせんぼうし

infection prevention

禁止物 きんしぶつ

prohibited item

止水板 しすいばん

watertight barrier

止め字 とめじ

kanji character commonly used at the end of given names

鳴き止む なきやむ

to stop making sounds (of an animal)

降ったり止んだり ふったりやんだり

(raining or snowing) on and off