留

留 — detain, fasten, halt

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 10
Taught in: School year 5
Frequency: #731 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: りゅう ryuu

る ru
Kun'yomi: と.める to.meru

と.まる to.maru

とど.める todo.meru

とど.まる todo.maru

るうぶる ruuburu

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 留

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