停住 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tíngzhù

stop

tíng stop

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

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

亭 Sound component

tíng pavilion

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	deng	Cə.[d]ˤeŋ (~ *C.[d]ˤeŋ)	to stop

《說文新附》：“停，止也。从人，亭聲。”

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

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

主 Sound component

zhǔ master

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drjuH	dro(ʔ)-s	stop (v.)