留 — detain, fasten, halt

りゅう留 detain

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+7559 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #731 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1527 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

detain
fasten
halt
stop

word

りゅう ryuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

留(りゅう) ryuu stay 留(りゅう) 学(がく) ryuugaku studying abroad 留(りゅう) 学(がく) 生(せい) ryuugakusei exchange student 留(りゅう) 意(い) ryuui attention 残(ざん) 留(りゅう) zanryuu remaining 留(りゅう) 保(ほ) ryuuho reservation 保(ほ) 留(りゅう) horyuu reservation 在(ざい) 留(りゅう) zairyuu residence

る ru On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

留(る) 守(す) rusu absence 留(る) 守(す) 番(ばん) rusuban house-sitting

と to Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

留(と) める tomeru to fasten

とど todo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

留(とど) まる todomaru to stay

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

卯 4th earthly branch

た田 rice field #102

Used as component in (1)

る瑠 lapis lazuli

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#102 田 rice paddy