| Chinese Text Project |
| 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: 正 𣥃 𠂛 𠣏 𭭙 此 企 𫧎 𠇈 𫟞 𬅶 㢟 凪 𬅷 𭆨 𣥅 𭖇 𣥈 址 扯 [More] |
| Mandarin: | zhǐ ㄓˇ |
| Cantonese: | zi2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *jiə̌ |
| Shuowen: | 《止部》止：下基也。象艸木出有址，故以止為足。凡止之屬皆从止。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·止·止》止：停也，足也，禮也，息也，待也，留也。諸市切，十。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·止部·止部》止：《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》𠀤諸市切，音芷。《說文》下基也。象艸木出有址，故以止爲足。《徐曰》初生根幹也。又《廣韻》停也，足也。《易·艮卦》艮，止也。時止則止，時行則行。《老子·道德經》知足不辱，知止不殆。又靜也。《禮·玉藻》口容止。《註》不妄動也。《莊子·德充符》人莫鑒於流水，而鑒於止水，唯止能止衆止。又已也，息也。《論語》止吾止也。《史記·酷吏傳》寇盜不爲衰止。又居也。《詩·大雅》乃慰乃止。又《商頌》邦畿千里，惟民所止。又心之所安爲止。《書·益稷》安汝止。《孔傳》言當先安好惡所止。《正義》曰：止謂心之所止。《大學》云：爲人君止於仁，爲人臣止於敬，好惡所止，謂此類也。又朱子曰：止者，必至於是而不遷之謂。又留也。《論語》止子路宿。《孟子》可以止而止。又行師營曰止，暫待曰次。又凡戰而被獲曰止。《左傳·隱十一年》公與鄭人戰於狐壤，止焉。《杜註》內諱獲，故言止。又《僖十五年》輅秦伯將止之。又容止。《詩·鄘風》人而無止。《箋》止，容止。無止則無禮節也。《孝經·聖治章》容止可觀。又舉止。《齊書·張欣泰傳》欣泰著鹿皮冠衲衣。世祖曰：將家兒何敢作此舉止。又俗謂德行曰行止。《外史檮杌》鄭奕敎子《文選》。其兄曰：莫學沈、謝嘲風弄月，汙人行止。又樂器。《爾雅·釋樂》所以鼓柷謂之止。《註》止者，其椎名也。《書·益稷》合止柷敔。《鄭註》柷，狀如漆桶，中有椎，合之者，投椎於其中而撞之。又鳥集亦曰止。《詩·小雅》載飛載止。又三止，三禮也。《班固·幽通賦》嬴取威於百儀兮，姜本支乎三止。《註》謂齊之先伯夷典三禮也。又語辭。《詩·周頌》百室盈止，婦子寧止。又首止，衞地名。在陳留襄邑。《春秋·僖五年》齊侯會王世子于首止。又與趾同。《儀禮·士昏禮》皆有枕北止。《鄭註》止，足也。古文止作趾。《山海經》韓流麟身，渠股豚止。《郭註》止，足也。《前漢·郊祀歌》獲白麟，爰五止。《師古註》止，足也。時白麟足有五蹄。 |
| Fanqie: | 諸市 (《廣韻·上聲·止·止》) |
| Unihan definition: | stop, halt, desist; detain |
Example usage
| 《論語·子罕》: | 子曰：「譬如為山，未成一簣，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》: | 士止於千里之外，則讒諂面諛之人至矣。 |
| When good men stop 1,000 li off, calumniators, flatterers, and sycophants will make their appearance. | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 《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." | |
| 《孝經·聖治》: | 君子則不然，言思可道，行思可樂，德義可尊，作事可法，容止可觀，進退可度，以臨其民。 |
| 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. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「止於下而漸於上者，其木也哉！」 |
| Yangzi said: It is rooted below and gradually grows upward, that is wood! | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 止，以久也。 |
| Zhi (to stay/remain fixed) is to endure as it was. | |
| 《莊子·齊物論》: | 與物相刃相靡，其行盡如馳，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? | |
| 《道德經》: | 澹兮其若海，飂兮若無止，衆人皆有以，而我獨頑似鄙。 |
| 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. | |
| 《商君書·說民》: | 亂有贊則行，淫佚有徵則用，過有母則生，姦有鼠則不止。 |
| 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. | |
| 《孫子兵法·兵勢》: | 任勢者，其戰人也，如轉木石，木石之性，安則靜，危則動，方則止，圓則行。 |
| 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》: | 語曰：「流丸止於甌臾，流言止於知者。」 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 《詩》云：『未見君子，憂心惙惙，亦既見止，亦既覯止，我心則說。』 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 故盾之不討賊，為弒君也，與止之不嘗藥為弒父無以異。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 居下而好干上，嗜慾不厭，求索不止者，刑共殺之。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 姑止！ |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 《春秋傳》曰：「公會世子於首止。」 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 黃帝曰：道若川谷之水，其出無已，其行無止。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 漢五年，追擊項王陽夏南，止軍，與淮陰侯韓信，建成侯彭越期會而擊楚軍，至固陵不會，楚擊漢軍，大破之。 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 《詩》云：「高山仰止，景行行止。」 |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 有父子訟者，夫子同狴執之，三月不別，其父請止，夫子赦之焉。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 《詩》云：「高山仰止，景行行止。」 |
| 《論衡·命祿》: | 魯平公欲見孟子，嬖人臧倉毀孟子而止 |
| 《太玄經·增》: | 次三，木以止，漸增。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 當農桑之時，重為所煩勞，不舍鄉亭，止于棠樹之下，聽訟決獄，百姓各得其所。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 艾、盡，止也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 天道在爾，惟帝茂止，陟降膚止，萬國康止。 |
| 《忠經·忠諫章》: | 先事而止，君違不聞。 |
| 《素書·求人之志章》: | 殫惡斥讒，所以止亂。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 聖人王世，賢者建功，湯舉伊尹，周任呂望，行合天地，德配陰陽，承天誅惡，剋暴除殃，將氣養物，明□設光，耳聽八極，目覩四方，忠進讒退，直立邪亡，道行姦止，不得兩張，□本理，杜漸消萌。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 無禱乃止。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 鼓以動眾，鐘以止眾。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 若屈伸呼吸，終日在天中行止，奈何憂崩墜乎？ |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 使而不往，禁而不止，上下乖謬者，其道不相得也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 是故能天運地墆，輪轉而無廢，水流而不止，與物終始。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 彼未死者，雖動作昭智，止名為生，不名為死。 |
| 《列仙傳·赤松子》: | 往往至崑崙山上，常止西王母石室中，隨風雨上下。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 言世俗人荒亂，欲進學為文，未央止也。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 屬官威民，退淫殆，止詐偽，莫如刑。 |
| 《申不害·佚文》: | 明君治國而晦，晦而行，行而止止。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 易之以元緆，則行者皆止。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 二年，桓公止柴，萊莒之糴三百七十，齊糶十錢，萊莒之民降齊者十分之七，二十八月，萊莒之君請服。 |
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