old variant of 留[liu2]

= + : 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.
to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

= + : 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.
old variant of 留[liu2]

= + : 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 character breakdown

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

= 丿 + + : 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.
variant of 卯[mao3]
old variant of 卯[mao3]
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]

= + : 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

old variant of 瘤[liu2]

= + : 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).
tumor

= + : 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).
used in 冰溜[bing1 liu4]
to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate

= + : 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).
to stroll / to walk (an animal)
old variant of 琉[liu2]
pomegranate
to distill / to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it
bay horse with black mane
lutetium (chemistry) (Tw)

Words with 留

(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded / (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger
to detain / retention
stationary front (meteorology)
retention (medicine)
cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis) / cowherb seeds (used in TCM)
to set aside for / to keep as
to bequeath (to later generations) / a legacy
to set aside for; to keep as
to stay for a long period

Sentences with 留

liú
xià
lái
de
yi̅
ge̅n
dìng
hǎi
shén
zhe̅n