留

old variant of 留[liu2]

留 = 卯 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: an answering machine.

Li Qingzhao faces a field of answering machines that all have messages left for her in the outhouse's kitchen. As she is checking each machine for her messages, a mischievous rabbit is leaving even more messages for her when Li Qingzhao is not watching.

留

liú = li + ou2

to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

留

畱

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 留[liu2]

留 character breakdown

留
- 卯
  - 丿
  - 卩
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 厶
- 田
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 囗

卯

mǎo = m + ao3

mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) / 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit / ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east) / variant of 鉚|铆[mao3] / to exert one's strength

卯 = 丿 + 厶 + 卩 : Mnemonic symbol: a rabbit.

Mahatma Gandhi entertains a baby rabbit and a baby seal inside of the aorta. He put on a fake nose and stuck a banana in each hole of the fake nose, and the bananas fit like tenons put into mortises.

卯

夘

mǎo = m + ao3

variant of 卯[mao3]

卯

戼

mǎo = m + ao3

old variant of 卯[mao3]

田

tián = ti + an2

field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

田 = 囗 + 十 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.

Characters with 留 as component

瘤

癅

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 瘤[liu2]

瘤 = 留 + 疒 : Li Qingzhao (li) called her doctor because she has a strange colorful rash (疒). Just inside the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) she finds her doctor has left her a message on her answering machine (留). Listening to the message she finds out that she has a very rare tumor (瘤).

瘤

liú = li + ou2

tumor

溜

liù = li + ou4

used in 冰溜[bing1 liu4]

溜

liu̅ = li + ou1

to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate

溜 = 氵 + 留 : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to escape from her job (溜), which is receiving calls about defect water bottles (氵). In front of the outhouse (ou1), she quickly turns on an answering machine (留) and skates (溜) away on her ice skates (溜).

遛

liù = li + ou4

to stroll / to walk (an animal)

琉

瑠

liú = li + ou2

old variant of 琉[liu2]

榴

liú = li + ou2

pomegranate

馏

餾