音読み: テイ
訓読み: とまる・とど-まる
画数: 11
部首: にんべん（亻）
Meaning
Stop / Halt / Suspend / Pause
- Basic forms
- 停まる — to stop; to come to a halt / base form
- 停まります — stops / masu form
- 停まった — stopped / ta-form
- 停まって — stopping; stop and … / te-form
- 停まらない — does not stop / negative
- 停まれば — if it stops / conditional
- Common expressions
- 電車が停まる — the train stops
- 車が停まった — the car came to a halt
- More
- 急に停まった — stopped suddenly
- 停まっている — is stopped / state
停まる（とまる） is a godan verb. It refers to something coming to a stop naturally or as a result of circumstances — vehicles, machines, movement, or processes.
- 停止 — suspension / stop
- 停車 — vehicle stop
- 停電 — power outage
- 停学 — school suspension
- 停戦 — ceasefire
- 停留所 — bus stop
- 停泊 — anchorage
- 停職 — work suspension
The left side uses the radical にんべん (person), indicating action. The right side 亭 can mean pavilion or resting place. Together, 停 suggests a person pausing, stopping, or suspending action.
It appears often in public contexts like transport, electricity, or school operations.