止 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary


Article Images

See also: and

Stroke order
 
  • 𣥂
  • (when used as a bottom radical)

Note that may also be a component of the radicals (𤴓/𤴔), (), , and (𧾷).

(Kangxi radical 77, +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一 (YLM), four-corner 21100, composition ⿱⿰ or or )

  1. Kangxi radical #77, .
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №27
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 573, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16253
  • Dae Jaweon: page 961, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1435, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6B62
simp. and trad.
Old Chinese
*kʰlɯʔ
*kjɯʔ
*kjɯʔ
*kjɯʔ
*kjɯʔ
*kjɯʔ
*kjɯʔ
*kʰjɯʔ
*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ

Pictogram (象形) – a footprint, originally meaning "foot". The derivative (OC *kjɯʔ) refers to the original meaning. Compare (“hand”). Note that in oracle script, composed of 3 toes and a sole.

Compare to , , which have similar shape in oracle script, but pointing down (toe pointing right), and 𡕒 (as in right side of , roughly , toe pointing left), hence different evolution.



BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyiX ›
Old
Chinese
/*təʔ/
English foot; stop

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17297
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kjɯʔ/
Notes

  1. foot
  2. to stop; to halt
      ―  xiūzhǐ  ―  to stop
  3. to bring to an end; to stop; to relieve
      ―  zhǐyǎng  ―  to stop itching (irritation)
  4. to end; to finish
  5. only (original form of (zhǐ))
  6. 71st tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝍌)
  7. (literary, archaic) Sentence-final particle indicating an emphasis.
  • (to stop):
  • (antonym(s) of stop): (shǐ)

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. (とめる): to stop
  2. (やめる): to stop, to terminate

Compounds

(eumhun 그칠 (geuchil ji))

  1. hanja form? of (stop)

: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.