Japanese Word Entry
擧止Simplified Japanese form: 挙止
| Kana: | きょし |
| Romaji: | kyoshi |
| Definition: | bearing, deportment |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 擧 | raise, plan, project, behavior, actions, lift up, recommend |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄩˇ (jǔ) |
| Cantonese: | geoi2 |
| Japanese: | キョ (kyo) / あ.げる (ageru)、 あ.がる (agaru)、 こぞ.る (kozoru) |
| Korean: | 거 (geo) |
| Vietnamese: | cử |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 举 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 挙 |
| Semantic variant form: | 舉 |
| 止 | stop, halt, desist, detain |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓˇ (zhǐ) |
| Cantonese: | zi2 |
| Japanese: | シ (shi) / と.まる (tomaru)、 -ど.まり (-domari)、 と.める (tomeru)、 -と.める (-tomeru)、 -ど.め (-dome)、 とど.める (todomeru)、 とど.め (todome)、 とど.まる (todomaru)、 や.める (yameru)、 や.む (yamu)、 -や.む (-yamu)、 よ.す (yosu)、 -さ.す (-sasu)、 -さ.し (-sashi)、 あし (ashi) |
| Korean: | 지 (ji) |
| Vietnamese: | chỉ |