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停 = 亻 + 亭

停 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “halt”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 亭 (pavilion). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1051.

Keyword
halt
RTK frame
1051
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
テイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
と.める, と.まる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
останавливаться
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
停 stop

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 亭 pavilion

How to find 停 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “pavilion”. 停 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 停 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.