止

See also: 只 and 足

止 U+6B62, 止 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B62 ← 歡 [U+6B61] CJK Unified Ideographs 正 → [U+6B63]

⽌ U+2F4C, ⽌ KANGXI RADICAL STOP ← ⽋ [U+2F4B] Kangxi Radicals ⽍ → [U+2F4D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 𣥂
• 龰 (when used as a bottom radical)

Note that 龰 may also be a component of the radicals 疋 (𤴓/𤴔), 辵 (辶), 走, and 足 (⻊/𧾷).

Han character

止 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一 (YLM), four-corner 2110₀, composition ⿱⿰丨⺊一 or ⿻上丨 or ⿻⺊丄)

1. Kangxi radical #77, ⽌.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №27

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/止
• 𠇈, 𠯽, 址, 𪥧, 𭖇, 𢓊, 𪫣, 扯, 沚, 阯, 𨑭, 杫, 𣧐, 𪸔, 祉, 𭨪, 砋, 祉, 䄳, 𧘲, 䊼, 耻, 𧉀, 訨(𫟞), 𧺠, 趾, 𨊺, 䤠, 𩉮
• 𣢃, 𧠛, 頉, 頉, 𩾰, 𠂛, 企, 𭆨, 𧾷, 𫰏, 𫲺, 芷, 𭟰, 𪰊, 𦊆, 䇛, 𬯪, 𠹜, 𬈰, 𠣏, 𫧎, 𤵁, 凪, 𫭠, 𡵩, 𣏔, 肯, 𥎩, 𥘣, 𦙡, 𧉘, 𧖭, 𧣆, 𥎼, 𭪠, 𤉭, 齒(齿)
• 之, 足, 㢟, 延 (originally contain 止)

Descendants

• と (Hiragana character derived from Man'yōgana)
• ト (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 573, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16253
• Dae Jaweon: page 961, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1435, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6B62

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		止

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 止
Shang		Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (止) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
祉	*kʰlɯʔ
址	*kjɯʔ
止	*kjɯʔ
趾	*kjɯʔ
芷	*kjɯʔ
沚	*kjɯʔ
阯	*kjɯʔ
齒	*kʰjɯʔ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ

Pictogram (象形) – a footprint, originally meaning "foot". The derivative 趾 (OC *kjɯʔ) refers to the original meaning. Compare 手 (“hand”). Note that in oracle script, composed of 3 toes and a sole.

Compare to 夊, 夂, which have similar shape in oracle script, but pointing down (toe pointing right), and 𡕒 (as in right side of 舛, roughly ヰ, toe pointing left), hence different evolution.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 止

1. ^† foot
2. to stop; to halt

   休止  ―  xiūzhǐ  ―  to stop

3. to bring to an end; to stop; to relieve

   止癢／止痒  ―  zhǐyǎng  ―  to stop itching (irritation)

4. to end; to finish
5. only
6. 71st tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝍌)

Synonyms

• (to stop):

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• 中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
• 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
• 停 (tíng)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
• 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
• 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
• 放煞 (Min Nan)
• 斷站／断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 斷節／断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 止息 (zhǐxī)
• 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 瀦／潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 煞 (Hokkien)
• 煞手 (Hokkien)
• 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
• 終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
• 罷／罢
• 罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
• 罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
• 間斷／间断
• 須／须 (xū) (literary)
• 頓／顿

 

Antonyms

• (stop): 始 (shǐ)

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

止

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

1. (とめる): to stop
2. (やめる): to stop, to terminate

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: とまる (tomaru, 止まる, Jōyō)、とめる (tomeru, 止める, Jōyō)、とどまる (todomaru, 止まる)、とどめる (todomeru, 止める)、やむ (yamu, 止む)、やめる (yameru, 止める)、よす (yosu, 止す)、さす (sasu, 止す)

Compounds

Compounds

• 止観(しかん) (shikan)
  • 止観業(しかんごう) (shikan-gō)
  • 止観(しかん)十乗(じゅうじょう) (shikan jūjō)
  • 一乗(いちじょう)止観院(しかんいん) (ichijō shikan-in)
  • 真言(しんごん)止観(しかん) (shingon shikan)
  • 天台(てんだい)止観(しかん) (tendai shikan)
  • 摩訶(まか)止観(しかん) (maka shikan)
• 止(し)汗(かん)剤(ざい) (shikanzai, "antiperspirant”)
• 止(し)血(けつ) (shiketsu)
• 止(し)止(し)不(ふ)須(しゅ)説(せつ) (shishifushusetsu)
• 止(し)瀉(しゃ)剤(ざい) (shishazai, "antidiarrheal”)
• 止(し)宿(しゅく) (shishuku)
• 止(し)住(じゅう) (shijū)
• 止(し)水(すい) (shisui)
• 止(し)痛(つう) (shitsū)
• 止(し)動(どう)方(ほう)角(がく) (shidōhōgaku)
• 止揚(しよう) (shiyō, "sublation”)
• 止(し)痢(り)剤(ざい) (shirizai)
• 止(と)まり木(ぎ) (tomarigi)
• 止(とめ)句(く) (tomeku)
• 止(とめ)相(そう)場(ば) (tomesōba, "stop price”)
• 止(と)め針(ばり), 止(とめ)針(ばり) (tomebari, "pin”)
• 止(とめ)偏(へん) (tome-hen)
• 止(と)め弁(べん) (tomeben, "stop valve”)
• 遏止(あっし) (asshi)
• 駅(えき)止(ど)め (eki-dome, "delivery of freight by train”)
• 依止(えじ) (eji)
• 核(かく)抑(よく)止(し) (kakuyokushi, "nuclear deterrence”)
• 鎌(かま)止(ど)め (kama-dome, "prohibition on cutting grass”)
• 川(かわ)止(ど)め (kawa-dome, "suspension of ferry service”)
• 諫(かん)止(し) (kanshi, "dissuasion”)
• 客(きゃく)止(ど)め (kyaku-dome, "full house”)
• 休(きゅう)止(し) (kyūshi)
• 競業(きょうぎょう)避止(ひし) (kyōgyō hishi, "noncompete clause”)
• 挙止(きょし) (kyoshi, "bearing; deportment”)
• 拒止(きょし) (kyoshi, "refusal”)
• 禁止(きんし) (kinshi)
• 魚鳥(ぎょうちょう)止(ど)め (gyōchō-dome)
• 車(くるま)止(ど)め (kuruma-dome, "buffer stop”)
• 車輪(しゃりん)止(ど)め (sharin-dome, "chock”)
• 終(しゅう)止(し) (shūshi)
• 笑(しょう)止(し) (shōshi)
• 進(しん)止(し) (shinshi)
• 制(せい)止(し) (seishi)
• 静(せい)止(し) (seishi)
• 咳(せき)止(ど)め (seki-dome, "cough medicine”)
• 阻止(そし), 沮止(そし) (soshi)
• 体言(たいげん)止(ど)め (taigen-dome)
• 血止(ちど)め (chi-dome, "styptic”)
• 中(ちゅう)止(し) (chūshi)
• 丁々(ちょうちょう)発止(はっし) (chōchōhasshi)
• 停(てい)止(し) (teishi)
• 底(てい)止(し) (teishi)
• 動(どう)止(し) (dōshi)
• 廃(はい)止(し) (haishi)
• 波止場(はとば) (hatoba)
• 閉(へい)止(し) (heishi, "stoppage”)
• 防(ぼう)止(し) (bōshi)
• 明(めい)鏡(きょう)止(し)水(すい) (meikyōshisui)
• 黙(もく)止(し) (mokushi, "keeping quiet”)
• 山(やま)止(ど)め (yama-dome, "landslide prevention wall”)
• 雪(ゆき)止(ど)め (yuki-dome, "snow guard, snow stopper”)
• 容(よう)止(し) (yōshi)
• 抑(よく)止(し) (yokushi)
• 乎(を)古(こ)止(と)点(てん) (okototen)

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Korean

Hanja

止 (eumhun 그칠 지 (geuchil ji))

1. hanja form^? of 지 (“stop”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

止: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ

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