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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 止 U+6B62 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 只 Alternate form |
| Radical: | 止+ 0 strokes = 4 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.250#38 Kangxi: p.573#24 Cihai: p.732r3c02 GSR: 961.a Hanyu: v2,p1435#03 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𠣏 正 𣥃 𠂛 㢟 凪 𬅷 𣥅 𭆨 此 𭭙 企 𫧎 𠇈 𫟞 𬅶 𡵩 𣢃 㱑 𢓊 [More] |
| Mandarin: | zhǐ ㄓˇ |
| Cantonese: | zi2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *jiə̌ |
| Shuowen: | 《止部》止：下基也。象草木出有址，故以止为足。凡止之属皆从止。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·止·止》止：停也，足也，礼也，息也，待也，留也。诸市切，十。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·止部·止部》止：《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》𠀤诸市切，音芷。《说文》下基也。象草木出有址，故以止爲足。《徐曰》初生根干也。又《广韵》停也，足也。《易·艮卦》艮，止也。时止则止，时行则行。《老子·道德经》知足不辱，知止不殆。又静也。《礼·玉藻》口容止。《注》不妄动也。《庄子·德充符》人莫鉴于流水，而鉴于止水，唯止能止衆止。又已也，息也。《论语》止吾止也。《史记·酷吏传》寇盗不爲衰止。又居也。《诗·大雅》乃慰乃止。又《商颂》邦畿千里，惟民所止。又心之所安爲止。《书·益稷》安汝止。《孔传》言当先安好恶所止。《正义》曰：止谓心之所止。《大学》云：爲人君止于仁，爲人臣止于敬，好恶所止，谓此类也。又朱子曰：止者，必至于是而不迁之谓。又留也。《论语》止子路宿。《孟子》可以止而止。又行师营曰止，暂待曰次。又凡战而被获曰止。《左传·隐十一年》公与郑人战于狐壤，止焉。《杜注》内讳获，故言止。又《僖十五年》辂秦伯将止之。又容止。《诗·墉风》人而无止。《笺》止，容止。无止则无礼节也。《孝经·圣治章》容止可观。又举止。《齐书·张欣泰传》欣泰著鹿皮冠衲衣。世祖曰：将家儿何敢作此举止。又俗谓德行曰行止。《外史梼杌》郑奕敎子《文选》。其兄曰：莫学沈、谢嘲风弄月，污人行止。又乐器。《尔雅·释乐》所以鼓柷谓之止。《注》止者，其椎名也。《书·益稷》合止柷敔。《郑注》柷，状如漆桶，中有椎，合之者，投椎于其中而撞之。又鸟集亦曰止。《诗·小雅》载飞载止。又三止，三礼也。《班固·幽通赋》嬴取威于百仪兮，姜本支乎三止。《注》谓齐之先伯夷典三礼也。又语辞。《诗·周颂》百室盈止，妇子宁止。又首止，衞地名。在陈留襄邑。《春秋·僖五年》齐侯会王世子于首止。又与趾同。《仪礼·士昏礼》皆有枕北止。《郑注》止，足也。古文止作趾。《山海经》韩流麟身，渠股豚止。《郭注》止，足也。《前汉·郊祀歌》获白麟，爰五止。《师古注》止，足也。时白麟足有五蹄。 |
| Fanqie: | 诸市 (《广韵·上声·止·止》) |
| Unihan definition: | stop, halt, desist; detain |
Example usage
| 《论语·子罕》: | 子曰：“譬如为山，未成一篑，止，吾止也。” |
| The Master said, "The prosecution of learning may be compared to what may happen in raising a mound. If there want but one basket of earth to complete the work, and I stop, the stopping is my own work." | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 士止于千里之外，则谗谄面谀之人至矣。 |
| When good men stop 1,000 li off, calumniators, flatterers, and sycophants will make their appearance. | |
| 《礼记·缁衣》: | 《小雅》曰：‘匪其止共，惟王之邛。’ |
| It is said in the Xiao Ya (II, v, ode 4, 4), "They do not discharge their duties, But only cause distress to the king." | |
| 《孝经·圣治》: | 君子则不然，言思可道，行思可乐，德义可尊，作事可法，容止可观，进退可度，以临其民。 |
| It is not so with the superior man. He speaks, having thought whether the words should be spoken; he acts, having thought whether his actions are sure to give pleasure. His virtue and righteousness are such as will be honored; what he initiates and does is fit to be imitated; his deportment is worthy of contemplation; his movements in advancing or retiring are all according to the proper rule. In this way does he present himself to the people. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 曰：“止于下而渐于上者，其木也哉！” |
| Yangzi said: It is rooted below and gradually grows upward, that is wood! | |
| 《墨子·经上》: | 止，以久也。 |
| Zhi (to stay/remain fixed) is to endure as it was. | |
| 《庄子·齐物论》: | 与物相刃相靡，其行尽如驰，而莫之能止，不亦悲乎！ |
| In conflict with things or in harmony with them, they pursue their course to the end, with the speed of a galloping horse which cannot be stopped - is it not sad? | |
| 《道德经》: | 澹兮其若海，飂兮若无止，衆人皆有以，而我独顽似鄙。 |
| I seem to be carried about as on the sea, drifting as if I had nowhere to rest. All men have their spheres of action, while I alone seem dull and incapable, like a rude borderer. | |
| 《商君书·说民》: | 乱有赞则行，淫佚有徵则用，过有母则生，奸有鼠则不止。 |
| If lawlessness is aided, it becomes current; if there are symptoms of dissipation and licence, they will become the practice; if there is a foster-mother for transgressions, they will arise; if there are opportunities for the rapacity of the wicked, they will never cease. | |
| 《孙子兵法·兵势》: | 任势者，其战人也，如转木石，木石之性，安则静，危则动，方则止，圆则行。 |
| When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become as it were like unto rolling logs or stones. For it is the nature of a log or stone to remain motionless on level ground, and to move when on a slope; if four-cornered, to come to a standstill, but if round-shaped, to go rolling down. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 语曰：“流丸止于瓯臾，流言止于知者。” |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 《诗》云：‘未见君子，忧心惙惙，亦既见止，亦既觏止，我心则说。’ |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 故盾之不讨贼，为弑君也，与止之不尝药为弑父无以异。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 居下而好干上，嗜欲不厌，求索不止者，刑共杀之。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 姑止！ |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 《春秋传》曰：“公会世子于首止。” |
| 《新书·修政语上》: | 黄帝曰：道若川谷之水，其出无已，其行无止。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 汉五年，追击项王阳夏南，止军，与淮阴侯韩信，建成侯彭越期会而击楚军，至固陵不会，楚击汉军，大破之。 |
| 《中论·治学》: | 《诗》云：“高山仰止，景行行止。” |
| 《孔子家语·始诛》: | 有父子讼者，夫子同狴执之，三月不别，其父请止，夫子赦之焉。 |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 《诗》云：“高山仰止，景行行止。” |
| 《论衡·命禄》: | 鲁平公欲见孟子，嬖人臧仓毁孟子而止 |
| 《太玄经·增》: | 次三，木以止，渐增。 |
| 《风俗通义·六国》: | 当农桑之时，重为所烦劳，不舍乡亭，止于棠树之下，听讼决狱，百姓各得其所。 |
| 《孔丛子·广言》: | 艾、尽，止也。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 天道在尔，惟帝茂止，陟降肤止，万国康止。 |
| 《忠经·忠谏章》: | 先事而止，君违不闻。 |
| 《素书·求人之志章》: | 殚恶斥谗，所以止乱。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 圣人王世，贤者建功，汤举伊尹，周任吕望，行合天地，德配阴阳，承天诛恶，克暴除殃，将气养物，明□设光，耳听八极，目覩四方，忠进谗退，直立邪亡，道行奸止，不得两张，□本理，杜渐消萌。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 无祷乃止。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 鼓以动众，钟以止众。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 若屈伸呼吸，终日在天中行止，奈何忧崩坠乎？ |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 使而不往，禁而不止，上下乖谬者，其道不相得也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 是故能天运地墆，轮转而无废，水流而不止，与物终始。 |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 彼未死者，虽动作昭智，止名为生，不名为死。 |
| 《列仙传·赤松子》: | 往往至昆仑山上，常止西王母石室中，随风雨上下。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 言世俗人荒乱，欲进学为文，未央止也。 |
| 《韩非子·有度》: | 属官威民，退淫殆，止诈伪，莫如刑。 |
| 《申不害·佚文》: | 明君治国而晦，晦而行，行而止止。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 易之以元緆，则行者皆止。 |
| 《管子·轻重戊》: | 二年，桓公止柴，莱莒之籴三百七十，齐粜十钱，莱莒之民降齐者十分之七，二十八月，莱莒之君请服。 |
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