字 Kanji Decipher

Meaning & readings

halt, stopping

On’yomi テイ
Kun’yomi と.める、と.まる

Origin

The character 停 combines a person radical on the left, which signals that this kanji relates to human action or state, with the component 亭 on the right, which serves as a sound hint for the pronunciation. The 亭 component doesn't contribute a meaning of its own here, but rather guides how the character should be read. Together, these parts form a character meaning to stop or halt, capturing the idea of a person coming to a standstill.

停 11 strokes

Components

  • 亻 radical left
  • 亭 sound hint right

A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.

Common words

  • 調停 ちょうてい mediation; arbitration
  • 停学 ていがく suspension from school
  • 停止 ていし stoppage; coming to a stop
  • 停車 ていしゃ stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
  • 停戦 ていせん armistice; ceasefire
  • 停滞 ていたい stagnation; tie-up
  • 停電 ていでん power outage; power failure
  • 停泊 ていはく anchorage; anchoring

Related kanji

Same radical

Reference

Strokes
11
Kangxi radical
9
Formation type
Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
Grade
Grade 5 (Kyōiku)
Frequency rank
#733 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 2
Unicode
U+0505C