Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

310 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: stop, halt

Kunyomi: と.まる -ど.まり と.める -と.める -ど.め とど.める とど.め とど.まる や.める や.む -や.む よ.す -さ.す -さ.し

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: とめる

Meaning: stop

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

する(ていしする)   stop

する(ちゅうしする)   cancel

する(はいしする)   abolish

する(きんしする)   prohibit

まる(とまる)   stop [v.i.]

める(とめる)   stop [v.t.]

む(やむ)   (e.g. rain) stop [v.i.]

める(やめる)   stop [v.t.], give up, quit

Onyomi Examples

シケツ stopping of bleeding, stanching, hemostasis, haemostasis

音器 シオンキ (piano) damper

ヨクシ check, checkmate, stave off, control, restraint, inhibit, deterrent, deterrence

カイシ termination

Kunyomi Examples

まる とまる to stop (moving), to come to a stop, to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended, to alight, to perch on

める とめる to stop, to turn off, to park, to prevent, to suppress (a cough), to hold back (tears), to hold (one's breath), to relieve (pain), to stop (someone from doing something), to dissuade, to forbid, to prohibit, to notice, to be aware of, to concentrate on, to pay attention to, to remember, to bear in mind, to fix (in place), to fasten, to tack, to pin, to nail, to button, to staple, to detain, to keep in custody

留める とどめる to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to, to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit, to record (e.g. a fact), to retain

とどめ finishing blow, coup de grâce

留める とどめる to stop, to stay (e.g. the night), to cease, to put an end to, to contain, to keep (in position, in place), to limit, to record (e.g. a fact), to retain

まる とどまる to remain, to abide, to stay (in the one place), to be limited to, to be confined to, to only account for

とどまるところを知らない とどまるところをしらない knowing no bounds, showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

める やめる to stop (an activity), to cease, to discontinue, to end, to quit, to cancel, to abandon, to give up, to abolish, to abstain, to refrain

やむ to cease, to stop, to be over

やむを得ない やむをえない cannot be helped, unavoidable

よす to cease, to desist, to cut it out, to lay off (an activity), to drop (a subject) to abolish, to resign, to give up