留

留
㽞
liú = li + ou2
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 = 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
畱
liú = li + ou2
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 character breakdown

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
surname Tian
田
tián = ti + an2
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]
田 = 囗 + 十 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field of crosses (田) just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered a wooden box (囗) with crosses (十) inside 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
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).
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
liú = li + ou2
to distill / to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling
馏
餾
liù = li + ou4
to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it
骝
騮
liú = li + ou2
bay horse with black mane
镏
鎦
liú = li + ou2
lutetium (chemistry) (Tw)

Words with 留

保
留
to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later
停
留
to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over
久
留
to stay for a long time
停
停
薪
薪
留
留
职
職
leave of absence without pay
保
保
留
留
区
區
reservation (for an ethnic minority)
伊
留
申
Ilyushin, Russian plane maker
刑
事
拘
留
to detain as criminal / criminal detention
剃
剃
发
髮
留
留
辫
辮
to shave the head but keep the queue
勾
留
to stay / to stop over / to break one's journey
保
保
留
留
剧
劇
目
目
repertory / repertoire / repertory item

Sentences with 留

留
liú
下
xià
来
lái
的
de
一
yi̅
根
ge̅n
定
dìng
海
hǎi
神
shén
珍
zhe̅n
...this treasure was left behind to measure the sea.