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止

止

See also: 只 and 足

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

止 (radical 77 止+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一 (YLM), four-corner 21100)

  1. Kangxi radical #77, ⽌ ‎(“stop”).

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 573, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16253
  • Dae Jaweon: page 961, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1435, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6B62

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 止

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 止
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bamboo and silk script Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (止) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
祉 *kʰlɯʔ
址 *kjɯʔ
止 *kjɯʔ
趾 *kjɯʔ
芷 *kjɯʔ
沚 *kjɯʔ
阯 *kjɯʔ
齒 *kʰjɯʔ
紕 *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ

Pictogram (象形) – a footprint, originally meaning "toe". The derivative 趾 (OC *kjɯʔ) refers to the original meaning. Compare 手 (“hand”). Note that in oracle script, composed of 3 toes and a sole.

Compare to 夊, 夂, which have similar shape in oracle script, but pointing down (toe pointing right), and 𡕒 (as in right side of 舛, roughly ヰ, toe pointing left), hence different evolution.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 止
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 諸市切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cɨX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕiəX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhǐ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 止
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyiX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*təʔ/
English foot; stop

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 止
Reading # 1/1
No. 17297
Phonetic
component		 止
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 止
Old
Chinese		 /*kjɯʔ/
Notes 趾初文

Definitions

止

  1. †foot
  2. to stop; to halt
    休止  ―  xiūzhǐ  ―  to stop
  3. to bring to an end; to stop; to relieve
    止癢 / 止痒  ―  zhǐyǎng  ―  to stop itching (irritation)
  4. to end; to finish
  5. only

Antonyms

  • (stop): 始 (shǐ)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 止 – see 只 (“only”).
(This character, 止, is a variant form of 只.)

Japanese

Kanji

止

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. (とめる): to stop
  2. (やめる): to stop, to terminate

Readings

Compounds

  • 遏止 (あっし) ‎(asshi)
  • 一乗止観院 (いちじょうしかんいん) ‎(ichijōshikan'in)
  • 駅止 (えきどめ) ‎(ekidome)
  • 襟止 (えりどめ) ‎(eridome)
  • 依止 (えじ) ‎(eji)
  • 乎古止点 (おことてん) ‎(okototen)
  • 核抑止 (かくよくし) ‎(kakuyokushi)
  • 鎌止 (かまどめ) ‎(kamadome)
  • 川止 (かわどめ) ‎(kawadome)
  • 諫止 (かんし) ‎(kanshi)
  • 客止 (きゃくどめ) ‎(kyakudome)
  • 休止 (きゅうし) ‎(kyūshi)
  • 競業避止 (きゅうぎょうひし) ‎(kyūgyōhishi)
  • 拒止 (きょし) ‎(kyoshi)
  • 挙止 (きょし) ‎(kyoshi)
  • 禁止 (きんし) ‎(kinshi)
  • 鞍作止利 (くらつくりのとり) ‎(kuratsukurinotori)
  • 車止 (くるまどめ) ‎(kurumadome)
  • 止観 (しかん) ‎(shikan)
  • 止観業 (しかんごう) ‎(shikangō)
  • 止汗剤 (しかんざい) ‎(shikanzai)
  • 止観十乗 (しかんじゅうじょう) ‎(shikanjūjō)
  • 止血 (しけつ) ‎(shiketsu)
  • 止止不須説 (ししふしゅせつ) ‎(shishifushusetsu)
  • 止瀉剤 (ししゃざい) ‎(shishazai)
  • 止宿 (ししゅく) ‎(shishuku)
  • 止水 (しすい) ‎(shisui)
  • 止痛 (しつう) ‎(****ū)
  • 車輪止 (しゃりんどめ) ‎(sharindome)
  • 臭気止 (しゅうきどめ) ‎(shūkidome)
  • 終止 (しゅうし) ‎(shūshi)
  • 笑止 (しょうし) ‎(shōshi)
  • 止揚 (しよう) ‎(shiyō)
  • 止痢剤 (しりざい) ‎(shirizai)
  • 真言止観 (しんごんしかん) ‎(shingonshikan)
  • 進止 (しんし) ‎(shinshi)
  • 止住 (しじゅう) ‎(shijū)
  • 止動方角 (しどうほうがく) ‎(shidōhōgaku)
  • 制止 (せいし) ‎(seishi)
  • 静止 (せいし) ‎(seishi)
  • 咳止 (せきどめ) ‎(sekidome)
  • 沮止 (そし) ‎(soshi)
  • 阻止 (そし) ‎(soshi)
  • 体言止 (たいげんどめ) ‎(taigendome)
  • 中止 (ちゅうし) ‎(chūshi)
  • 丁丁発止 (ちょうちょうはっし) ‎(chōchōhasshi)
  • 血止 (ちどめ) ‎(chidome)
  • 停止 (ていし) ‎(teishi)
  • 底止 (ていし) ‎(teishi)
  • 天台止観 (てんだいしかん) ‎(tendaishikan)
  • 止木 (とめぎ) ‎(tomegi)
  • 止句 (とめく) ‎(tomeku)
  • 止相場 (とめそうば) ‎(tomesōba)
  • 止針 (とめばり) ‎(tomebari)
  • 止偏 (とめへん) ‎(tomehen)
  • 止弁 (そめべん) ‎(someben)
  • 廃止 (はいし) ‎(haishi)
  • 波止場 (はとば) ‎(hatoba)
  • 船止 (ふなどめ) ‎(funadome)
  • 閉止 (へいし) ‎(heishi)
  • 摩訶止観 (まかしかん) ‎(makashikan)
  • 明鏡止水 (めいきょうしすい) ‎(meikyōshisui)
  • 黙止 (もくし) ‎(mokushi)
  • 山止 (やまどめ) ‎(yamadome)
  • 雪止 (ゆきどめ) ‎(yukidome)
  • 容止 (ようし) ‎(yōshi)
  • 抑止 (よくし) ‎(yokushi)
  • 乎古止点 (おことてん) ‎(okototen)
  • 魚鳥止 (ぎょうちょうどめ) ‎(gyōchōdome)
  • 動止 (どうし) ‎(dōshi)
  • 防止 (ぼうし) ‎(bōshi)

Korean

Hanja

止 • ‎(ji)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 지 (revised: ji, McCune-Reischauer: chi, Yale: ci)
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Vietnamese

Han character

止 (chỉ)

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