止 (zhǐ) is Kangxi radical no. 77, “stop; foot”. In this form it is written with 4 strokes.
As a radical, 止 (zhǐ) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “stop” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 4 to 9 strokes. 2 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 0 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 正 (zhèng) just (in the middle of doing), 步 (bù) a step.
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