The 止 family
止 · zhǐ · ㄓˇ — to stop
Know 止 and the readings of 6 more characters follow: 是、之、市、址、齒、趾. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 是shì · ㄕˋ部首 日 · sunto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true67%
- 之zhī · ㄓ部首 丿 · slashof (literary 的); it; him80%
- 市shì · ㄕˋ部首 巾 · towelmarket; city67%
- 址zhǐ · ㄓˇ部首 土 · earthsite; location89%
- 齒chǐ · ㄔˇtooth; to regard as worthy of mention67%
- 趾zhǐ · ㄓˇ部首 足 · foottoe89%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 止 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 止 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 77%.
Words this family builds
- 不是
- 就是
- 只是
- 但是
- 還是
- 真是
- 之前
- 可是
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