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Kanji for Stay
The kanji for “stay” is 留, read ryuu and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
stay
To stay and remain; someone who stays by your side.
10 strokes On reading リュウ、ル (ryuu, ru) Kun reading とめる、とまる、とどめる (tomeru, tomaru, todomeru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: detain, fasten, halt, stop
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ru
In Japan it appears in about 626 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 留: Lulu 瑠留 · Lucile 瑠詞留 · Rudolf 瑠道留風 · Lucille 瑠詞留 · Rudolph 瑠道留風 · Salvador 冴瑠羽土留 · Charles 茶留透 · Lu 留 · Lou 留 · Lue 留 · Sal 冴留 · Val 羽留 and 35 more
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