漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
駐: stop-over, reside in
Also: resident
JLPT N215 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
馬 carries the meaning · 主 gives the sound
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
チュウchuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 駐車場ちゅうしゃじょうparking lot, parking place
- 駐輪場ちゅうりんじょうparking area for bicycles
- 駐屯地ちゅうとんちgarrison
- 駐日大使ちゅうにちたいしambassador to Japan
- 進駐軍しんちゅうぐんoccupying forces
- 駐留するちゅうりゅうするbe stationed, be garrisoned
- 駐在するちゅうざいするreside, stay
- 駐屯するちゅうとんするbe stationed, be posted
- 駐停車するちゅうていしゃするstop or park a vehicle
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)馬 horse (meaning) + 主 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 駐 (rev. 92163407), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Horse (馬) + master/lamp (主). Imagine a "horse" that has stopped at a "master's" lamp—the literal act of being "stationed" or parked.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
主
Also built on lord (主)
駐 takes the 主 family's reading, チュウ (chuu).
In ChineseSimplified 驻 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhù
Japan keeps the traditional form 駐; mainland China simplifies it to 驻.
- Simplified
- 驻 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 駐 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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