懂中文 Dong Chinese

停

tíng

stop

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 亭 represents the sound.

Components
亻 meaning component

亻  Meaning component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

亭 sound component

亭  Sound component

tíng

  

pavilion

Evolution

停 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
停 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

停  

tíng

stop, suspend, delay; suitable; to stop; to halt; to park (a car)

Most common words with 停
Freq.
Word
Meaning

停

to stop

停止

to stop

停车

to park

不停

incessant

停下

to stop