How to write 留 (liú, “to leave”)

留 (liú), an HSK 2 character, means “to leave”, “to retain” and “to stay”. As a top-bottom character it splits into 卯 (“mortise”), strokes 1–5; 田 (“field”, the radical), strokes 6–10, written the top first. On its own it is an HSK 4 word; it also forms 留学 (“to study abroad”), 留学生 (“student studying abroad”) and 留下 (“to leave behind”). Japanese reads it ryuu, “detain”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.

Pinyin

liú

Strokes

10

HSK

2

Radical

田 (“field”)