Kanji N2

駐: stop-over, reside in, resident

駐 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning stop-over, reside in, resident, written with 15 strokes. It is read チュウ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 駐車場 (ちゅうしゃじょう, parking lot) and 駐車 (ちゅうしゃ, parking).

駐

Meanings

  • stop-over
  • reside in
  • resident
Strokes15
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#955 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チュウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 駐

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 駐車場ちゅうしゃじょう

    parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage

    JLPT N4
  • 駐車ちゅうしゃ

    parking (a vehicle)

    JLPT N3
  • 駐在ちゅうざい

    residence; stay; (job) posting

  • 駐日ちゅうにち

    resident in Japan (of a foreign ambassador, government official, 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

  • 常駐じょうちゅう

    permanent stationing; staying permanently

  • 進駐しんちゅう

    occupation; stationing

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