# 止 — Stop

Frequency rank 251 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 僕 (I), less common than 楽 (Comfort).

- On’yomi: し
- Kun’yomi: と、や
- Radical: 止 Stop (Kangxi 77)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 4

A bare foot slams flat on the white line in front of the lead truck of a forty-lorry convoy, toes splayed, heel grinding into the paint.

In words:

- 止まる とまる — to come to a halt
- 止む やむ — to stop
- 止める とめる — to stop something

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