止

Today’s #kanji is #止, which makes its own radical. Apparently it is a pictograph and my dictionary lists two different theories. One is that it depicts the root of a young plant just after sprouting. The other is that it is a picture of a foot.

Meaning: to stop
Reading: シ、と（ど）、や*

休止（キュウシ）: a pause, a standstill, suspension
禁止（キンシ）: (a) prohibition, (a) ban
終止（シュウシ）: (a) termination, an end, a stop
中止（チュウシ）: (a) suspension, (a) discontinuance; (a) cancellation
停止（テイシ）: (a) stoppage, (a) suspension, a temporary prohibition,

車（くるま）が止（と）まる: A car stops.
車（くるま）を止（と）める: (I) stop a car.
足（あし）止（ど）め: confinement, grounding; level dyeing

<not official but common reading>
雨（あめ）が止（や）む: The rain stops.

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