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字HANZI DESK

留

Traditional: 㽞 · 畱

liú

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 4

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liú · lau4 (Jyutping)

  1. old variant of 留[liu2]
  2. to leave (a message etc)
  3. to retain
  4. to stay
  5. to remain
  6. to keep
  7. to preserve

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

留

Meaning
stop, halt; stay, detain, keep
Radical
田
Strokes
10
Components
⿱卯田
Cangjie
HHW
Four-corner
7760.2

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