停 — halt, stopping

とまる停 halt

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+505C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #733 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1051 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

halt
stopping

word

とま toma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

停(とま) る tomaru to stop

てい tei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

停(てい) 止(し) teishi stoppage 調(ちょう) 停(てい) choutei mediation 停(てい) 電(でん) teiden power outage バス停(てい) basutei bus stop 停(てい) 車(しゃ) teisha stopping a vehicle 停(てい) 滞(たい) teitai stagnation

と to Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

停(と) める tomeru to stop

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

てい亭 pavilion

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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