General noun for holding or keeping something in custody or in a place; often used in legal or administrative contexts.
mail held at the post office
Abbreviation of 郵便局留め置き; refers to mail held for pickup at a post office instead of being delivered.
Please hold this package at the post office for pickup.
The suspect was detained at the police station.
The documents are being held at the reception desk.
The full phrase for mail held at the post office; 留め置き is a shorter, less formal abbreviation.
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
Variant spelling using 留 alone; less common but still seen.
Rare variant using 止; may be encountered in older texts.
Rare variant; not commonly used.
Compound of 留め (tome, 'stopping') + 置き (oki, 'placing'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of holding or keeping something in place.