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Kotomora

駐

stop-over, reside in, resident

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • チュウ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

駐 centers on stopping and staying in one place for a while: a stop-over, residing temporarily, or being a resident stationed somewhere.

Most common words using 駐

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  • 駐車ちゅうしゃ
    N3

    parking (a vehicle)

  • 常駐じょうちゅう

    permanent stationing; staying permanently

  • 駐ちゅう

    parking; parking lot; parking space

  • 駐在ちゅうざい

    residence; stay; (job) posting; being stationed (overseas, etc.)

  • 駐留ちゅうりゅう

    stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison

  • 駐屯ちゅうとん

    stationing (troops); garrisoning

  • 駐輪場ちゅうりんじょう

    parking area for bicycles; bicycle parking

  • 進駐軍しんちゅうぐん

    occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)

  • 駐韓ちゅうかん

    stationed in South Korea; resident in South Korea

  • 進駐しんちゅう

    occupation; stationing

  • 駐禁ちゅうきん

    no parking

  • 駐米ちゅうべい

    stationed in the United States; resident in the United States

  • 駐車場ちゅうしゃじょう
    N5

    parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage

  • 駐日ちゅうにち

    resident in Japan (of a foreign ambassador, government official, etc.)

  • 駐在所ちゅうざいしょ

    police substation; residential police box

  • 駐車違反ちゅうしゃいはん
    N3

    parking violation

  • バス駐車場バスちゅうしゃじょう

    bus parking lot

  • メモリ常駐メモリじょうちゅう

    memory-resident

  • 並列駐車へいれつちゅうしゃ

    perpendicular parking; side-by-side parking

  • 仏印進駐ふついんしんちゅう

    Japanese invasion of French Indochina (1940)

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Etymology

駐 combines 馬 (horse) with 主, which likely contributes the sound. The original idea is a horse stopping or being stationed, extended to stopping over or residing.

Meaning mnemonic

A horse 馬 beside a master 主: imagine a horse stopping and staying put because its master has dismounted for a stop-over.

Reading mnemonic

For チュウ, picture a horse chewing hay while stopped at an inn: chew -> チュウ, and the horse is residing there for the night.