留

10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 5th grade
JLPT exam level N3

detain, fasten, halt, stop

Kun'yomi
  • とめる
    		to stop ②to park ③to prevent ④to stop (someone from doing something)
  • とまる
    		to stop (moving) ②to stop (doing, working, being supplied) ③to alight
  • とどめる
    		to stop ②to contain ③to record (e.g. a fact)
  • とどまる
    		to remain ②to be limited to
  • るうぶる
On'yomi
  • リュウ
    		stationary point
  • ル
Nanori
  • とめ

Main Radical

田(KanXi)

Variants

る ル

Reading Commonality

ル 27.4%
とめ 25.0%
とめるとまる 24.0%
リュウ 23.6%

Character Breakdown

detain, fasten, halt
ル　とめ　と.める (5th, N3)
sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM
う　ボウ　モウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ　わりふ (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)

Contained In

榴 溜 瑠 瘤 籀 霤 餾 鰡

Common Words

し
仕
と
留
　
め
　
る
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.)
る
留
す
守
absence ②house-sitting ③being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.)
と
留
　
め
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke) ②remaining (e.g. poste-restante) ③forty-five degree angle
る
留
す
守
ばん
番
care-taking ②caretaker
りゅう
留
がく
学
studying abroad ②(temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
ほ
保
りゅう
留
reservation
と
取
　
り
と
留
　
め
　
る
to narrowly escape (e.g. death) ②to ascertain
る
留
す
守
でん
電
answering machine
かき
書
とめ
留
registered mail ②(putting on) record
とめ
留
そで
袖
formal, usually black, kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions
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References

Unicode hex code 7559
JIS X 0208 1-46-17
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3003
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5f5.4
Four corner code 7760.2
De Roo Code 2676