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3 止 Stop

Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Stop

Mnemonic

The stop radical is the same as the stop kanji.

Readings

On’yomi

し

Kun’yomi

と, や

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You have to stop because there is a sheep (し) in front of you. You try to walk around the sheep, but it moves to stop in front of you again. Every time the sheep stops you stop too.

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