Radicals › #77 止
止
止 — the “stop” radical
a foot; to halt 7 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 止 radical (7)
正correct, justice歳year-end, age止stop, halt武warrior, military歩walk, counter for steps歴curriculum, continuation歯tooth, cog
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.