# 留 — Detain

Frequency rank 678 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 版 (Edition), less common than 片 (One Sided).

- On’yomi: りゅう、る
- Kun’yomi: と、とど
- Radical: 田 Field (Kangxi 102)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

Something private (ム) is cut by a sword (刀) and placed in a rice paddy (田) — the sword pins it down in the field, detained and held in place.

In words:

- 留守 るす — absence
- 留める とめる — to fasten,to turn off,to detain
- 留まる とどまる — (1) to be fixed,(2) to abide,to stay (in the one place)

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