止

止 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “stop”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 396. It appears as a component in 15 other characters in this index.

Keyword: stop
RTK frame: 396
Strokes: 4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): 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
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: footprint, останавливаться
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 止 stop

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 止

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