止
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stop
HSK 6 N3シ
と.まる、-ど.まり、と.める、-と.める、-ど.め、とど.める、とど.め、とど.まる、や.める、や.む、-や.む、よ.す、-さ.す、-さ.し
지
Pictograph of a foot. The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "stop".
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Historical Evolution
止
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
止
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
止
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
止
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
止
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
止
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
止
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
止
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
止
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
止
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
止 [zhǐ]
to stop; to prohibit; until; only
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
止 いたる
Itaru given name
止 とどむ
Todomu given name
止 とまる
Tomaru given name
止 とめ
Tome unclassified name
止 とめる
Tomeru given name
CHINESE WORDS (120)
阻止 [zǔzhǐ] #748
to prevent
停止 [tíngzhǐ] #1,053
to stop
为止 [wéizhǐ] #1,582
until
为止 [wéizhǐ] #1,582
until
防止 [fángzhǐ] #4,462
to prevent
禁止 [jìnzhǐ] #2,613
to prohibit
不止 [bùzhǐ] #2,958
incessantly
截止 [jiézhǐ] #13,936
to close
制止 [zhìzhǐ] #6,272
to curb
终止 [zhōngzhǐ] #5,465
to stop
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 止まる [とまる] #656
to stop (moving)
⭐ 受け止める [うけとめる] #1,770
to catch
⭐ 禁止 [きんし] #2,473
prohibition
⭐ 停止 [ていし] #2,651
stoppage
⭐ 中止 [ちゅうし] #2,971
interruption
⭐ 立ち止まる [たちどまる] #3,192
to stop (in one's tracks)
足を止める [あしをとめる] #3,329
to stop walking
⭐ 止む [やむ] #4,768
to cease
⭐ 阻止 [そし] #4,946
obstruction
呼び止める [よびとめる] #4,973
to (call and) stop
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