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止

Level II of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 251 / 2,608

Stop

On’yomi
し
Kun’yomi
と、や
Radical
止 Stop (Kangxi 77)
School grade
2
Strokes
4

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

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

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 haltN5
止む やむ to stopN4
止める とめる to stop somethingN4

止 is rank 251 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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