留
stay; detain; fasten; halt; stop
10 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 731.
Readings
- リュウ (on reading): 留学 (りゅうがく) studying abroad; 停留所 (ていりゅうじょ) stop (bus, tram, etc.)
- ル (on reading): 留守 (るす) absence; 留守番 (るすばん) care-taking
- とめる (kun reading): 仕留める (しとめる) to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); 書留 (かきとめ) registered mail
- とどめる (kun reading): 書き留める (かきとどめる) to write down; 原級に留める (げんきゅうにとどめる) to keep (a student) back (to repeat a grade)
- とまる (kun reading): 歩留まり (ぶどまり) yield; 目に留まる (めにとまる) to catch one's attention
- とどまる (kun reading)
- るうぶる (kun reading)
Components
Kanji containing 留
- 瑠 lapis lazuli
- 瘤 lump
- 溜 collect
- 榴 pomegranate
- 霤 raindrops falling from the eaves
- 籀 a style of calligraphy
- 餾 steaming rice
- 鰡 type of fish
Words using 留
- 留学 (りゅうがく) studying abroad
- 停留所 (ていりゅうじょ) stop (bus, tram, etc.)
- 停留場 (ていりゅうじょう) stop (bus, streetcar, etc.)
- 駐留 (ちゅうりゅう) stationing (e.g. of troops)
- 残留 (ざんりゅう) staying behind
- 留守 (るす) absence
- 留守番 (るすばん) care-taking
- 留守番電話 (るすばんでんわ) answering machine
- 久留米大学 (くるめだいがく) Kurume University
- 都留文科大学 (つるぶんかだいがく) Tsuru University
- 仕留める (しとめる) to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.)
- 書留 (かきとめ) registered mail
- 留め (とめ) (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
- 留め置く (とめおく) to detain
- 留め金 (とめがね) clasp
- 書き留める (かきとどめる) to write down
- 原級に留める (げんきゅうにとどめる) to keep (a student) back (to repeat a grade)
- 虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す (とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす) he has not lived that lives not after death
- 人は死して名を留む (ひとはししてなをとどむ) he has not lived that lives not after death
- 目に留める (めにとどめる) to take notice (of)
- 歩留まり (ぶどまり) yield
- 目に留まる (めにとまる) to catch one's attention
- お目に留まる (おめにとまる) to be recognized (by someone of higher status)
212 words in all.