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留 means 'detain'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 768   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Challenge set: 7    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 31    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 61 words   Used in 204 words   Used in 1408 names   Component in 4 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ル   リュウ
Kun
   とめる to detain   とまる to stop
Additional readings
Kun    るうぶる   とどめる   とどまる
Name    とめ
Variants
㽞  
Notes
Top element appears as 𠂎刀 in many fonts
Origin of hiragana る
Components
⿱  卯 hare  田 rice field  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 留 is used 10 times, read 4 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 留 is used 195 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
リュウ : 101 words FIND ALL
studying abroad (usu. at university level)
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ル : 18 words FIND ALL
1. absence; being away from home
2. house-sitting; house-sitter
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とめる : 37 words FIND ALL
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to bring down (a bird); to kill
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とめる (read as ど) : 19 words FIND ALL
noun
French knot
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とめる (read as とめ) : 11 words FIND ALL
1. registered mail  (see also: 書留郵便; abbreviation)
2. registration (e.g. of mail); writing down; putting on record; recording; making a note of
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とどめる : 9 words FIND ALL
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be limited to; to be confined to  (often written with kana only)
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 824 (originally: 805)  Joy o' Kanji : 805  Key to Kanji: 1065 

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留
ル   リュウ   とめる to detain   とまる to stop   
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卯
hare   う sign of the hare   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from   
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卬
high-priced, lofty   
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匚
side open box
卩
seal
田
デン   た rice field   
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