止 — Chinese character
止
zhǐ
to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Radical
- 77 ⽌ (Stop)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 上 丨
- Formation
- pictographic — A foot
- Japanese
- 止 as a kanji
Common words with 止
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 阻止 | zǔ zhǐ | to prevent; to block |
| 防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against |
| 为止 (為止) | wéi zhǐ | until; (used in combination with words like 到 (dào) or 至 (zhì) in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止) |
| 终止 (終止) | zhōng zhǐ | to stop; to terminate |
| 截止 | jié zhǐ | to end; to close; (electricity) cut-off |
| 不止 | bù zhǐ | incessantly; without end |
| 制止 | zhì zhǐ | to curb; to put a stop to |
| 中止 | zhōng zhǐ | to cease; to suspend |
| 废止 (廢止) | fèi zhǐ | to repeal (a law); to put an end to |
| 举止 (舉止) | jǔ zhǐ | bearing; manner |
English words written with 止
止 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Analects 8 · Art of War 6 · Mencius 17 · Zhuangzi 78 · Great Learning 12 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 35
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 44
- Analects 9.18
- Analects 9.20
- Analects 11.23
- Analects 12.23
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