止 Kanji – stop
The Japanese kanji 止 can mean stop, halt.
Meaning and Readings
How is 止 read?
止 has the onyomi reading シ and the kunyomi readings とまる, -どまり, とめる, -とめる, -どめ, とどめる, とどめ, とどまる, やめる, やむ, -やむ, よす, -さす, -さし.
In romaji, these readings can be written as shi, tomaru, domari, tomeru, dome, todomeru, todome, todomaru, yameru, yamu, yosu, sasu, sashi.
Common Japanese Words Using 止
These common Japanese words contain 止. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 休止（きゅうし） — pause, suspension, rest, stoppage
- 禁止（きんし） — prohibition, inhibition, ban
- 口止め（くちどめ） — forbidding mentioning (something to others), imposing silence (on), ordering (someone) to keep quiet, muzzling (someone), gagging, hushing up
- 差し止め（さしとめ） — prohibition, ban, suspension, injunction
- 止す（よす） — to stop (doing), to cease, to desist, to drop, to lay off, to give up, to quit
- 止まる（とまる） — to stop (moving), to come to a stop
- 止む（やむ） — to cease, to stop, to be over
- 止める（とめる） — to stop, to turn off
- 止める（やめる） — to stop (an activity), to cease, to discontinue, to end, to quit
- 歯止め（はどめ） — brake, drag, skid, pawl