The kanji 駐 primarily conveys the meaning of "to station," "to be stationed," "to be stationed," or "to stop." It implies a place where something or someone is located for a period, often with a specific purpose. It suggests a fixed position or a temporary stop.

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

⚫︎ 駐車場 (chūshajō) Translation: Parking lot ⚫︎ 駐在員 (chūzaiein) Translation: Resident officer; stationed personnel ⚫︎ 駐日大使 (chūnichi taishi) Translation: Ambassador to Japan

The kanji 駐 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). The left side is a radical (部首), 馬 (uma, "horse"), which is sometimes written in a different form. The right side is 主 (shu, "master," "main"). Thus the original form of 駐 suggests a horse that stays at a place where the main person of a location is. Over time, the meaning broadened to "to station" or "to stop" in general.