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Japanese symbol for “parking”

Romaji: chuusha
parking (a vehicle)

In Japanese, parking is , read (chuusha).

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, vi, vs parking (a vehicle)

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

Other Japanese words for “parking”

WordReadingMeaning
パーキング paakinguparking
ちゅう chuuparking; parking lot; parking space
パーク paakuparking
ちゅうりん chuurinparking (a bicycle or motorcycle)
ピー piiparking

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
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
じどうしゃ jidoushacar; automobile; motorcar

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.