停 – halt, stopping

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#733 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 停 means halt, stopping. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テイ (tei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is と.める、と.まる (tomeru, tomaru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テイ	tei
Kun’yomi	と.める	tomeru
Kun’yomi	と.まる	tomaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・口・亅・亠・冖・一.

Words using 停

停電ていでんpower outage停留所ていりゅうじょstop (bus, tram, etc.)停止ていしstoppage停車ていしゃstopping (of a train, car, etc.)調停ちょうていmediation停滞ていたいstagnation

Example sentences

台風の余波で２日間停電した。

There was no electricity for two days in the aftermath of the typhoon.

Tatoeba #137788

バスの停留所まで競争しよう。

I'll race you to the bus stop.

Tatoeba #198151

列車は滑らかに停止した。

The train came to a smooth stop.

Tatoeba #77501

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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