駐車

ちゅうしゃ · chuusha · JLPT N3 · noun

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🚗🅿️ 駐 (stay, halt) + 車 (car) = the car stays put

駐 means to stop and stay; its horse radical 馬 is a reminder that riders once halted their horses. Add 車, car, and the word means a car that has stopped and stays: parking. A no-parking sign reads 駐車禁止.

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