止

See also: 只 and 足

止	U+6B62, 止 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B62

← 歡
[U+6B61]

CJK Unified Ideographs

正 →
[U+6B63]

⽌	U+2F4C, ⽌ KANGXI RADICAL STOP

← ⽋
[U+2F4B]

Kangxi Radicals

⽍ →
[U+2F4D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

𣥂
龰 (when used as a bottom radical)

Note that 龰 may also be a component of the radicals 疋 (𤴓/𤴔), 辵 (辶), 走, and 足 (𧾷).

Han character

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Radical 77 止

止 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一 (YLM), four-corner 2110₀, composition ⿱⿰丨⺊一 or ⿻上丨 or ⿻⺊丄)

Kangxi radical #77, ⽌.
Shuowen Jiezi radical №27

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/止
𠇈, 𠯽, 址, 𪥧, 𭖇, 𢓊, 𪫣, 扯, 沚, 阯, 𨑭, 杫, 𣧐, 𪸔, 𭨪, 砋, 祉, 䄳, 𧘲, 䊼, 耻, 𧉀, 訨(𫟞), 𧺠, 趾, 𨊺, 䤠, 𩉮
𣢃, 𧠛, 頉, 𩾰, 𠂛, 企, 𭆨, 𧾷, 𫰏, 𫲺, 芷, 𭟰, 𪰊, 𦊆, 䇛, 𬯪, 𠹜, 𣥔, 𬈰, 𠣏, 𫧎, 𤵁, 凪, 𫭠, 𡵩, 𣏔, 肯, 𥎩, 𥘣, 𦙡, 𧉘, 𧖭, 𧣆, 𥎼, 𭪠, 𤉭, 齒(齿)
之, 足, 㢟, 延 (originally contain 止)

Descendants

と (Hiragana character derived from Man'yōgana)
ト (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 573, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16253
Dae Jaweon: page 961, character 23
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1435, character 3
Unihan data for U+6B62

Chinese

simp. and trad.		止

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 止
Shang		Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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 pointing up, originally meaning "foot". 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.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²
Gan (Wiktionary): zi³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chṳ́

(Meixian, Guangdong): zi³
Jin (Wiktionary): zi²
Northern Min (KCR): cǐ
Eastern Min (BUC): cī
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chí

(Teochew, Peng'im): zi²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhr³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
  - Wade–Giles: chih³
  - Yale: jř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zi³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zi²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cǐ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
  - Tâi-lô: tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsy
  - MiniDict: tsy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zhr³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sz̩⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: tsyiX

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
Baxter	tsyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨ^X/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiə^X/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*təʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kjɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	止
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyi^X ›
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

^† foot
to stop; to halt
休止 ― xiūzhǐ ― to stop
to bring to an end; to stop; to relieve
止癢／止痒 ― zhǐyǎng ― to stop itching (irritation)
to end; to finish
only (original form of 只 (zhǐ))
71st tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝍌)
(literary, archaic) Sentence-final particle indicating an emphasis.

Synonyms

(to stop):

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中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
休止 (xiūzhǐ)
停 (tíng)
停歇 (tíngxiē)
停止 (tíngzhǐ)
夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
放煞 (Min Nan)
斷站／断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
斷節／断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
歇 (xiē)
止息 (zhǐxī)
止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
瀦／潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
煞 (Hokkien)
煞手 (Hokkien)
甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
罷／罢
罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
間斷／间断
須／须 (xū) (literary)
頓／顿

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “stop”): 始 (shǐ)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

止

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

(とめる): to stop
(やめる): to stop, to terminate

Readings

Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
Kun: とまる (tomaru, 止まる, Jōyō)、とめる (tomeru, 止める, Jōyō)、とどまる (todomaru, 止まる)、とどめる (todomeru, 止める)、やむ (yamu, 止む)、やめる (yameru, 止める)、よす (yosu, 止す)、さす (sasu, 止す)

Compounds

止観(しかん) (shikan)
- 止観業(しかんごう) (shikan-gō)
- 止観(しかん)十乗(じゅうじょう) (shikan jūjō)
- 一乗(いちじょう)止観院(しかんいん) (ichijō shikan-in)
- 真言(しんごん)止観(しかん) (shingon shikan)
- 天台(てんだい)止観(しかん) (tendai shikan)
- 摩訶(まか)止観(しかん) (maka shikan)
止(し)汗(かん)剤(ざい) (shikanzai, “antiperspirant”)
止(し)血(けつ) (shiketsu)
止(し)止(し)不(ふ)須(しゅ)説(せつ) (shishifushusetsu)
止(し)瀉(しゃ)剤(ざい) (shishazai, “antidiarrheal”)
止(し)宿(しゅく) (shishuku)
止(し)住(じゅう) (shijū)
止(し)水(すい) (shisui)
止(し)痛(つう) (shitsū)
止(し)動(どう)方(ほう)角(がく) (shidōhōgaku)
止揚(しよう) (shiyō, “sublation”)
止(し)痢(り)剤(ざい) (shirizai)
止(と)まり木(ぎ) (tomarigi)
止(とめ)句(く) (tomeku)
止(とめ)相(そう)場(ば) (tomesōba, “stop price”)
止(と)め針(ばり), 止(とめ)針(ばり) (tomebari, “pin”)
止(とめ)偏(へん) (tome-hen)
止(と)め弁(べん) (tomeben, “stop valve”)
遏止(あっし) (asshi)
駅(えき)止(ど)め (eki-dome, “delivery of freight by train”)
依止(えじ) (eji)
核(かく)抑(よく)止(し) (kakuyokushi, “nuclear deterrence”)
鎌(かま)止(ど)め (kama-dome, “prohibition on cutting grass”)
川(かわ)止(ど)め (kawa-dome, “suspension of ferry service”)
諫(かん)止(し) (kanshi, “dissuasion”)
客(きゃく)止(ど)め (kyaku-dome, “full house”)
休(きゅう)止(し) (kyūshi)
競業(きょうぎょう)避止(ひし) (kyōgyō hishi, “noncompete clause”)
挙止(きょし) (kyoshi, “bearing; deportment”)
拒止(きょし) (kyoshi, “refusal”)
禁止(きんし) (kinshi)
魚鳥(ぎょうちょう)止(ど)め (gyōchō-dome)
車(くるま)止(ど)め (kuruma-dome, “buffer stop”)
車輪(しゃりん)止(ど)め (sharin-dome, “chock”)
終(しゅう)止(し) (shūshi)
笑(しょう)止(し) (shōshi)
進(しん)止(し) (shinshi)
制(せい)止(し) (seishi)
静(せい)止(し) (seishi)
咳(せき)止(ど)め (seki-dome, “cough medicine”)
阻止(そし), 沮止(そし) (soshi)
体言(たいげん)止(ど)め (taigen-dome)
血止(ちど)め (chi-dome, “styptic”)
中(ちゅう)止(し) (chūshi)
丁々(ちょうちょう)発止(はっし) (chōchōhasshi)
停(てい)止(し) (teishi)
底(てい)止(し) (teishi)
動(どう)止(し) (dōshi)
廃(はい)止(し) (haishi)
波止場(はとば) (hatoba)
閉(へい)止(し) (heishi, “stoppage”)
防(ぼう)止(し) (bōshi)
明(めい)鏡(きょう)止(し)水(すい) (meikyōshisui)
黙(もく)止(し) (mokushi, “keeping quiet”)
山(やま)止(ど)め (yama-dome, “landslide prevention wall”)
雪(ゆき)止(ど)め (yuki-dome, “snow guard, snow stopper”)
容(よう)止(し) (yōshi)
抑(よく)止(し) (yokushi)
乎(を)古(こ)止(と)点(てん) (okototen)

Korean

Hanja

止 (eumhun 그칠 지 (geuchil ji))

hanja form^? of 지 (“stop”)

Vietnamese

Han character

止: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ

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