Kanji
N4 4 strokes Grade 2 freq #310

stop, halt

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

stop tomaru

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

prohibition; inhibition
stoppage; coming to a stop
prevention; check
interruption; discontinuance
abolition; discontinuance
obstruction; prevention
full stop; period
negative statute; law against something
keeping in check; holding back
stillness; rest

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

brake; drag
to catch; to stop the blow
prohibition; ban
to stop (moving); to come to a stop
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal)
to put out; to extinguish
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down
wheel stop; parking block

Example sentences

He's been grounded for a week.

Many countries have laws prohibiting smoking.

Didn't you disregard a stop sign?

They were unanimous that the war should be brought to a halt.