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Bushu (Radical) Info: 止 (とめる) – stop

Henshall Mnemonic: footprints stop above line

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #310 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 止まる   [とまる]
  (v5r) (1) to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); (2) to come to a halt; (3) to stop   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 止む   [やむ]
  (v5m,vi) to cease; to stop; to be over   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 止める   [とめる]
  (v1) to stop (something)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 止める   [やめる]
  (v1,vt) to end; to stop; to cease; to resign   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 禁止   [きんし]
  (n,vs) prohibition; ban   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 中止   [ちゅうし]
  (n,vs) suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 止す   [よす]
  (v5s) to cease; to abolish; to resign; to give up   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 引き止める   [ひきとめる]
  (v1) to detain; to check; to restrain   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立ち止まる   [たちどまる]
  (v5r) to stop; to halt; to stand still   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 防止   [ぼうし]
  (n,vs) prevention; check   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 止むを得ない   [やむをえない]
  (exp) cannot be helped; unavoidable   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 停止   [ていし]
  (n,vs) suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 廃止   [はいし]
  (n,vs) abolition; repeal   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 止まる   [とどまる]
  (v5r) (1) to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); (2) to come to a halt; (3) to stop   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 静止   [せいし]
  (n) stillness; repose; standing still   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 受け止める   [うけとめる]
  (v1) to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 阻止   [そし]
  (n,vs) obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; interdiction   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 食止める   [くいとめる]
  (v1) to check; to hold back   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立入り禁止   [たちいりきんし]
  (exp,n) no entry; Keep Off!; No Trespassing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立入禁止   [たちいりきんし]
  (exp,n) no entry; Keep Off!; No Trespassing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 差し止め   [さしとめ]
  (n) prohibition; ban; suspension   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 波止場   [はとば]
  (n) wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 禁止法   [きんしほう]
  (n) negative statute; law against something   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 制止   [せいし]
  (n) control; check; restraint; inhibition   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 終止符   [しゅうしふ]
  (n) (1) full stop; period; (2) end   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 通行止め   [つうこうどめ]
  (n) No Thoroughfare!; Road Blocked!   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 撃ち止める   [うちとめる]
  (v1) to kill; to slay; to shoot to death; to bring down (bird)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 休止   [きゅうし]
  (n,vs) pause; cessation; rest   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 口止め   [くちどめ]
  (n,vs) forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 行き止まり   [いきどまり]
  (n) dead end; no passage   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立ち入り禁止   [たちいりきんし]
  (exp,n) no entry; Keep Off!; No Trespassing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立ち入禁止   [たちいりきんし]
  (exp,n) no entry; Keep Off!; No Trespassing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 抑止   [よくし]
  (n) check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 食い止める   [くいとめる]
  (v1) to check; to hold back   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引止める   [ひきとめる]
  (v1) to detain; to check; to restrain   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 歯止め   [はどめ]
  (n) brake   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 止めどなく   [とめどなく]
  (adv) endlessly; ceaselessly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 止め金   [とめがね]
  (iK) (n) clasp; snap fastener   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 射止める   [いとめる]
  (v1) to shoot dead; to make something one's own   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足止め   [あしどめ]
  (n,vs) house arrest; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 止 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.