止 Radical 77 — a foot; to stop, to come to a halt
zhǐ (third tone, dipping)
a foot; to stop, to come to a halt
Radical 774 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
A footprint: the long stroke is the sole and the short ones the toes. A foot set flat on the ground is a foot that has stopped moving, which is how the word came by its modern sense. It is the foot underneath 走, and it heads 正, 步, 此 and 武.
characters filed under 止
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