駐
stop-over, reside in, resident
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
20 of 72- 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)
Study
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.