| 220 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 143 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 129 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 400 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2429 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 552 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 202 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 87 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 477 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 485 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 217 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1127 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3659 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1868 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2545 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 376 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16253 | Morohashi |
| 2941 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2954 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 370 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 396 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 415 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 94 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
止
stop, halt
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
310 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 止血 【シケツ】 stopping of bleeding, stanching, hemostasis, haemostasis
- 止音器 【シオンキ】 (piano) damper
- 抑止 【ヨクシ】 check, checkmate, stave off, control, restraint, inhibit, deterrent, deterrence
- 解止 【カイシ】 termination
Kun reading compounds
- 止まる 【とまる】 to stop (moving), to come to a stop, to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended, to alight, to perch on
- 止める 【とめる】 to stop, to turn off, to park, to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain), to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit, to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind, to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple, to detain, to keep in custody
- 留める 【とどめる】 to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to, to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit, to record (e.g. a fact), to retain
- 止め 【とどめ】 finishing blow, coup de grâce
- 留める 【とどめる】 to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to, to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit, to record (e.g. a fact), to retain
- 止まる 【とどまる】 to remain, to abide, to stay (in the one place), to be limited to, to be confined to, to only account for
- とどまるところを知らない 【とどまるところをしらない】 knowing no bounds, showing no signs of stopping or slowing down
- 止める 【やめる】 to stop (an activity), to cease, to discontinue, to end, to quit, to cancel, to abandon, to give up, to abolish, to abstain, to refrain
- 止む 【やむ】 to cease, to stop, to be over
- やむを得ない 【やむをえない】 cannot be helped, unavoidable
- 止す 【よす】 to stop (doing), to cease, to desist, to drop, to lay off, to give up, to quit
Readings
- Japanese names:
- どめ
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- parar
- cesar
- dejar de hacer
- detenerse
- pararse
- detener
Portuguese
- parada
French
- arrêter
- cesser
| 1273 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 2110.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b62 | Unicode hex code |
phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
- On:
- ク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1244 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 句 【ク】 section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph, phrase, verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry), haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc., maxim, saying, idiom, expression, clause (e.g. in a database query language)
- 区切り 【クギリ】 pause (in speech, writing, etc.), punctuation, break, end, (place to) stop, pause, milestone (e.g. in a project)
- 絶句 【ゼック】 being lost for words, becoming speechless, jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
- 慣用句 【カンヨウク】 idiom, set phrase, idiomatic phrase
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すく
- Korean:
- gu, gwi
Spanish
- frase
- cláusula
- sentencia
- oración
- párrafo
Portuguese
- frase
- cláusula
- sentença
- passagem
- parágrafo
French
- phrase
- clause
- paragraphe
- passage
- compteur de haïku
| 592 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 683 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 655 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1258 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 745 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 795 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1123 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 337 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 337 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 663 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 315 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3685 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1881 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2561 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 65 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3234 | Morohashi |
| 2967 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 693 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 65 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 69 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 650 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2549 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d2.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2762.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53e5 | Unicode hex code |