Mnemonic comic for 止
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: a barrier. James II of England (zh) is marking his area in the space station's living room (Ø3) with a big barrier (止), in front of which he sets up his pennant (⺊). He places a soldier left and right to the barrier, armed with a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) respectively.
Comments
止 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
Character component without intrinsic meaning
old variant of 上[shang4]
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above