# 止 stop

★★★★★
4 strokes
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## Onyomi

SHI | SHE stopped you from having a good time.

## Mnemonic

| Picture your foot, with her spiked heel stomping on your instep - you can't walk. You been STOPPED.

## Kunyomi

( を ) と＊める | I stop it ★★★★★
( が ) と＊まる | it gets stopped ★★★★★

## Jukugo

中止(ちゅうし) された | stop/cancel ★★☆☆☆ NP 中 (middle) + 止 (stop) = 中止 (stop/cancel) (temporarily) stopped or (permanently) canceled. This is a word you'd hear in an announcement. You wouldn't say to your friend, "I'm going to 中止 watching TV for a week."
痛み止め(いたみどめ) | pain-killer, ★★☆☆☆ 痛 (hurts!!!) + 止 (stop) = 痛み止め (pain-killer,) pain-killer, like aspirin. (BOOBOO: not anaesthetic, which is 麻酔（ますい） )

## Used In

- 雌
- 肯
- 足
- 歩
- 紫
- 正
- 歴
- 歳
- 企
- 歯
- 疎
- 祉
- 渋
- 武

## Synonyms

ban 禁止 廃止 発禁 廃棄 駆逐 追放
hinder, obstruct, put a stop to. 阻む 阻止する 障る 防ぐ 妨げる
stop 止まる 留まる