KanjiN4Grade 2 · 小24 strokesRadical 止#310 in newspapers
止 · stop, halt
止 is a kanji meaning stop, halt. It has 4 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- シshi
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- とまるtomaru
- -どまり-domari
- とめるtomeru
- -とめる-tomeru
- -どめ-dome
- とどめるtodomeru
- とどめtodome
- とどまるtodomaru
- やめるyameru
- やむyamu
- -やむ-yamu
- よすyosu
- -さす-sasu
- -さし-sashi
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 止 · 17 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 止まるとまる | とまる | to come to a halt | N5 |
| 止むやむ | やむ | to cease, to stop | N4 |
| 止めるやめる | やめる | to end, to stop | N4 |
| 止めるとめる | とめる | to stop (something) | N4 |
| 禁止きんし | きんし | prohibition, ban | N3 |
| 止すよす | よす | to cease, to give up | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 中止ちゅうし | ちゅうし | suspension, stoppage, discontinuance | N3 |
| 立ち止まるたちどまる | たちどまる | to stop, to halt, to stand still | N2 |
| 停止ていし | ていし | suspension, interruption, stoppage | N2 |
| 引き止めるひきとめる | ひきとめる | to keep back, to prevent, to hold back | N2 |
| 防止ぼうし | ぼうし | prevention, check | N2 |
| 止めるとどめる | とどめる | to end, to stop, to cease, to resign | N1 |
| 廃止はいし | はいし | abolition, repeal | N1 |
| 受け止めるうけとめる | うけとめる | to catch, to react to, to take | N1 |
| 静止せいし | せいし | stillness, repose, standing still | N1 |
| 阻止そし | そし | obstruction, check, hindrance | N1 |
| 呼び止めるよびとめる | よびとめる | to flag down | N1 |
Example sentence
時計が止まった。
とけいがとまった
A clock stopped.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #150511 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stroke order
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