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驻

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to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)

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HSK 3.0
Level 6
Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
8
Radical
馬 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
駐
Common rank
#2,188
Unicode
U+9A7B

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Formation & memory

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How 驻 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

马 meaning “horse” + 主 sound ( zhǔ )

Components 马 主

How to remember it

be stationed · Heisig RSH #2896

马 horse + candlestick

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 驻

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室 Zhōng yāng Rén mín Zhèng fǔ Zhù Xiāng gǎng Tè bié Xíng zhèng qū Lián luò Bàn gōng shì Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative …
驻车制动器 zhù chē zhì dòng qì parking brake
驻马店市 Zhù mǎ diàn Shì Zhumadian, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
青春永驻 qīng chūn yǒng zhù to stay young forever
驻马店 Zhù mǎ diàn see 駐馬店市|驻马店市[Zhu4 ma3 dian4 Shi4]
驻地 zhù dì station; encampment
驻点 zhù diǎn stationary point
驻节 zhù jié (of a high official) to temporarily reside overseas (or in another part of the country) on…
驻军 zhù jūn to station or garrison troops; garrison
驻波 zhù bō standing wave
驻华 zhù huá stationed in China; located in China
进驻 jìn zhù to enter and garrison; (fig.) to establish a presence in
驻足 zhù zú to stop (walking); to halt
常驻 cháng zhù resident; permanent (representative)
驻港 zhù gǎng (abbr.) stationed in Hong Kong
留驻 liú zhù to keep stationed (of troops); to remain as a garrison
驻留 zhù liú to stay; to remain; to linger; (computing) to reside; resident (program etc)
派驻 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity; to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspo…
驻守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend
驻京 zhù Jīng (abbr.) stationed in Beijing

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 主 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
主 sound part zhǔ to own; to host; master; host; lord
注 zhù to concentrate, to focus
柱 zhù to lean on; pillar, post, support
蛀 zhù termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into
拄 zhǔ post; to lean on; to prod, to ridicule
麈 zhǔ a species of deer