Today’s #kanji is 留, which is listed under its semantic element of #た（田）, farm land. 留 used to be written as 畱 and 丣 is the phonetic element although 留 and 丣 don’t share a sound in Japanese. Apparently 丣 has a meaning of “to keep.”
Meaning: to stay, to keep (in place)
Reading: リュウ、ル、と、とど*
留意（リュウイ）する: to regard, to mind, to care about
留学（リュウガク）: study(ing) abroad
留年（リュウネン）する: to repeat a year (in school), to stay on (at a university)
居留（キョリュウ）する: to reside, to dwell
蒸留（ジョウリュウ）: distillation
保留（ホリュウ）する: to reserve, to put (a measure) on hold
留守（ルス）: absence, being away from home; neglect
留（と）まる: [vi] to remain fixed, to stay in place; to stand still, to remain stationary; to remain (in one’s memory)
留（と）める: [vt] to fix, to fasten; to notice, to be aware of…; to detain, tokeep in custody
書（かき）留（とめ）: registration, registered mail
留（とど）まる: [vi] to stay, to remain
留（とど）める: [vt] to stop, to have … stay; to record
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