留

See also: 畱 and 畄

Translingual

Han character

留 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹田 (HHW), four-corner 7760₂, composition ⿱⿰𠂎刀田)

Derived characters

• 㨨, 䗜, 䝀, 䶉, 塯, 媹, 嵧, 廇, 榴, 溜, 熘, 瑠, 瘤, 磂, 罶, 蒥, 蹓, 遛, 鎦 (镏), 霤, 飀 (飗), 餾 (馏), 騮 (骝), 鬸, 鰡, 鶹 (鹠), 𠺕, 𨢇

Descendants

• Japanese: る

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 761, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21808
• Dae Jaweon: page 1171, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2537, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7559

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		留
alternative forms		畱 㽞 𤱊 畄 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
卯	*mruːʔ
昴	*mruːʔ
泖	*mruːʔ
茆	*mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ
奅	*m̥ʰruːs
窌	*m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus
聊	*m·rɯːw
貿	*mlus
鄮	*mlus
劉	*m·ru
留	*m·ru, *m·rus
蒥	*m·ru
鶹	*m·ru
騮	*m·ru
榴	*m·ru
瑠	*ru
瘤	*m·ru, *m·rus
遛	*m·ru
鎦	*m·ru
飀	*m·ru
鰡	*m·ru
嵧	*m·ru
餾	*m·ru, *m·rus
瀏	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
懰	*m·ru, *m·ruʔ
柳	*m·ruʔ
珋	*m·ruʔ
罶	*m·ruʔ
嬼	*m·ruʔ, *m·rus
溜	*m·rus
霤	*m·rus
廇	*m·rus
塯	*m·rus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) .

The glyph composition is phonetic 卯 (OC *mruːʔ) + semantic 田 (“field”) in bronze inscriptions; later phonetic 丣 (OC *luʔ) + semantic 田 in small seal script.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 留

1. to stay
2. to ask someone to stay
3. to keep; to save; to retain; to maintain
4. Short for 留學／留学 (liúxué, “to study abroad”).
5. (Cantonese) to leave

   把頭髮留到落腰 [Cantonese, trad.]
   把头发留到落腰 [Cantonese, simp.]

   baa² tau⁴ faat³ lau⁴ dou³ lok⁶ jiu¹ [Jyutping]

   have one's hair grow to waist-length

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   留長頭髮／留长头发 [Cantonese]  ―  lau⁴ coeng⁴ tau⁴ faat³ [Jyutping]  ―  to let one's hair grow long

7. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 流 (liú).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liù (liu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liòu
    • Wade–Giles: liu⁴
    • Yale: lyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liow
    • Palladius: лю (lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuwH

Rime
Character	留
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力救切
Baxter	ljuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/liuH/
Shao Rongfen	/liəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwH/
Li Rong	/liuH/
Wang Li	/lĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*m·rus/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	留
Reading #	2/2
No.	8905
Phonetic component	卯
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	溜
Old Chinese	/*m·rus/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 留

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Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liǔ (Liu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liǒu
    • Wade–Giles: Liu³
    • Yale: Lyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leou
    • Palladius: Лю (Lju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 留

1. Alternative name for 昴 (mǎo).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

留

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. detain
2. fasten
3. halt
4. stop

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: りゅう (ryū, Jōyō)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: とまる (tomaru, 留まる, Jōyō); とめる (tomeru, 留める, Jōyō); とどまる (todomaru, 留まる)

Compounds

Compounds

• 留意(りゅうい) (ryūi)
• 留守(るす) (rusu): absence
• 留任(りゅうにん) (ryūnin)
• 留年(りゅうねん) (ryūnen)
• 留学(りゅうがく) (ryūgaku)
• 保留(ほりゅう) (horyū)

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Korean

Hanja

留 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 留 (lưu)

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