The Japanese Radical: 止


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Meaning
to stop    止

Explanation At top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."

Used in these characters:
JLPT 4Joyo 1
correct, proper
masa, tadashii, SEI, SHŌ
At top a horizontal upper line 一, bottom: to stop 止 (= Impression of the right foot turned 90° to the left.)
To stop at the line is: correct!  
JLPT 5Joyo 1
leg, foot, sufficient
ashi, tariru, SOKU
Top: kneecap 口, bottom: to stop 止 (= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.)
Between kneecap and foot is the leg, that's sufficient.  
JLPT 4Joyo 2
to stop, halt
tomeru, SHI
Top: foot print (with the big toe at the left), bottom: a limiting line
The foot stands at the line and stops.  
JLPT 4Joyo 2
walk
aruku, ayumu, HO
Top: to stop 止 (= Image of the footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.), bottom: few/little 少 (Such a small 小 stroke ノ is too little.)
Stop a little bit when walking.  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
tooth
ha, SHI
Top: to stop 止 (a foot with a lower line 一 to stop at), below: rice 米, container 凵
Stop at the rice container: There is sth. for the teeth! (Or: image of nose 止, mouth 凵 and teeth 米)  
JLPT 3Joyo 3
road, street, way
ji, RO
Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止) [止= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.], right: each/every 各 (With crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 sits everybody.)
Feet on every: road and street.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
history, calendar, curriculum, flow of time
REKI
From top: cliff 厂, wood 林, stop 止 [止= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.]
At the cliff with the wood where we stopped, history was made.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
military, warrior, martial
BU, MU
Left: correct 正 (at the line 一 to stop 止 is correct) [止= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.], right: sabre 弋
Correct sabres are part of the military.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
wholesale
orosu, oroshi,
Left top: noon 午, below: stop 止, right: bowing person 卩
A noon break for the bowed person, who is a wholesaler.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
plan, intend, enterprise
kuwadateru, KI
Top: person 人, below: to stop 止 (止= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.)
A person should stop for planning the enterprise.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
respectful expression, handle, drive, control
o(n)-, mi-, GYO, GO
Left: go 彳, right: wholesale 卸 (A noon-午-break 止 for the bowed person 卩 from the wholesale)
I go (to the wholesaler) at noon, stop and bow, because I am respectful.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
agreement, acknowledge, affirm, consent

Top: to stop 止 (止= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.), bottom: body or body part 肉/月
(Consent of vegetarians:) The stop (of consumption) of meat is our agreement.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
year, year of age
SAI, SEI
From top: stop 止, var. of halberd 戈, var. of show/altar 示
I stop at the altar with the halberd (as a gift). I do that every year.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
welfare, well, blessing, happiness
SHI
Left: to show/altar 示/礻(image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on, that is shown), right: stop 止 (= Footprint of the right foot rotated 90° to the left.)
At the altar you should stop for welfare and blessings.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
purple, violet
murasaki, SHI
Top: this 此 (to stop 止 and sitting person 匕), below: thread 糸
Stop at the person with the threads in: purple.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
female, feminine
mesu, me, SHI
Left: this 此 (to stop 止, sitting person 匕) right: bird 隹
The stop-and-sit-bird is the female 雌 and the male 雄 is the ten-nose-bird.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bitter, astringent (=bitter taste), hesitate
shibui/ru,
Left: water 氵, right: stop 止 and ripple, drops of water
Even the water stops and ripples as it is too bitter.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
ford (=shallow part of a river), transit
SHŌ
Left: water 氵, right: walk 歩 (You should stop 止 a little 少 when: walking.)
You walk through the water: at the ford.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
jump, hop, leap up, spring, jerk
haneru, tobu, CHŌ
Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止), right: sign/omen 兆 (cracks in a turtle shell that were used in ancient China for divination)
The foot makes traces (= signs) when jumping and hopping.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
tread on, step on, trample
fumu/maeru,
Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止), right: shoe 沓 [くつ] (water 水, sun 日)
(Do not step into a puddle) The foot [should watch] in watery days (=rainy weather) where to step/tread. [Or: The foot has a shoe for treading.]  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
frequently, repeatedly, often
shikiri, HIN
Left: walk 歩 (.. with stopping 止 a little/few 少), right: head/forehead 頁
Walking is good for the head: Do it frequently.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
age
REI
Left: tooth 歯 (Stop 止 and get rice 米 from container 凵 for the teeth.), right: order/command 令 (To put a lid on the bent person 卩, has been ordered!)
(You can tell the age of a horse by its teeth:) The teeth got the "order" to show the: age.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
make progress, advance
hakadoru, CHOKU
Left: Hand 扌, right: walk 歩 (.. with stopping 止 a little 少)
With your hands and by walking you can make progress.  

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