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Japanese symbol for “carpark”

Romaji: chuushajou
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage

In Japanese, carpark is , read (chuushajou).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage

Kanji and stroke order

stop-over, reside in, resident
on: チュウ
15 strokes · JLPT 2
car
on: シャ
kun: くるま
7 strokes · JLPT 4
location, place
on: ジョウ、チョウ
kun: ば
12 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ちゅうしゃ chuushaparking (a vehicle)
ちゅうざい chuuzairesidence; stay; (job) posting
ちゅうりゅう chuuryuustationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
ちゅうとん chuutonstationing (troops); garrisoning
じょうちゅう jouchuupermanent stationing; staying permanently
しんちゅう shinchuuoccupation; stationing
しゃりょう sharyou(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car
でんしゃ denshatrain; electric train
ばしょ bashoplace; location; spot

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.