し
思
こう
考
てい
停
し
止

noun, takes する

  1. ceasing to think, refusing to think critically, giving up thinking (for oneself).
  2. going blank, mental block, inability to think clearly.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
し
思
こう
考
てい
停
し
止
 思考停止 しこうていし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

think
おも.う　シ　おぼ.す (2nd, N4)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ　シン (2nd, N4)
consider, think over
かんが.える　コウ　たか (2nd, N4)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
コウ　さまた.げられる
halt, stopping
テイ　と.める (4th, N2)
human radical (no. 9)
pavilion, restaurant, mansion
テイ　チン (9th, N1)
tall, high, expensive
コウ　たか.い　た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ　ケイ　まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
street, ward, town
チョウ　テイ　チン (3rd, N1)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)