Dong Chinese dictionary

liú

to stay

Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 卯 represents the sound.

Components

mǎo

4th terrestrial branch

留 and 卯 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.留 /*C.ru/
卯 /*mˤruʔ/

田 Meaning component

tián

field

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

liú

stop, halt; stay, detain, keep; to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve

liú

old variant of 留[liú]

Most common words with 留

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 13 characters (0 verified)

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