截停
jié​tíng

intercept

截 jié cut off

Components

𢦏
𢦏 SoundMeaning component
zāi to cut
隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzet[dz]ˤet cut, trim

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

停 tíng stop

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

亭
亭 Sound component
tíng pavilion

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdengCə.[d]ˤeŋ
(~ *C.[d]ˤeŋ)		to stop

說文解字

《說文新附》：“停，止也。从人，亭聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)