留 — kanji meaning “detain”
留
detain, fasten, halt, stop
- Meanings
- detain, fasten, halt, stop
- On'yomi
- リュウ (ryuu)、ル (ru)
- Kun'yomi
- と.める、と.まる、とど.める、とど.まる、るうぶる
- Name readings
- とめ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #731 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 102
- Chinese reading
- liú — Chinese character page
Words with 留
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 留学 | りゅうがく ryuugaku | studying abroad |
| 留学生 | りゅうがくせい ryuugakusei | overseas student; exchange student |
| 留守 | るす rusu | absence; being away from home |
| 保留 | ほりゅう horyuu | reservation; putting on hold; deferment |
| 在留 | ざいりゅう zairyuu | residing (esp. abroad); staying; living |
| 留守番 | るすばん rusuban | care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching |
| 残留 | ざんりゅう zanryuu | staying behind; remaining; residual |
| 留年 | りゅうねん ryuunen | repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year |
| 書留 | かきとめ kakitome | registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail) |
| 駐留 | ちゅうりゅう chuuryuu | stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison |
| 留め | とめ tome | (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke) |
| 留置 | りゅうち ryuuchi | detention (usu. during investigation); imprisonment; poundage |
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