The kanji 駐 generally conveys the meaning of "to station," "to be stationed," "to stop," or "to park." It implies a fixed location or a temporary halt, often associated with a place where something or someone is located for a period. It suggests a certain degree of permanence or duration at a specific point.

・On-yomi (音読み): チュウ (chū) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): とど（まる） (todu(maru)) - to remain, to stay

⚫︎ 駐 車場 Translation: Parking lot ⚫︎ 駐 在員 Translation: Resident officer; stationed staff member ⚫︎ 駐 日 大使 Translation: Ambassador to Japan

The kanji 駐 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is a radical called 馬偏 (うまへん - umahen), which means "horse". The right side is 主 (shu), which means "main" or "master." Originally, the character depicted a horse 馬 and a person 主 combined. The meaning of this combination is "to station a horse (for the master)." Over time, the meaning broadened to indicate any type of stationing or stopping, thus including vehicles and people.