noun

  1. wheel stop, parking block, parking curb.
  2. Messages.rail.buffer stop, bumper, bumping post, stopblock.
  3. (wheel) chock.
  4. bollard (for preventing vehicle access), barrier.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
車止め くるまどめ
車止 くるまどめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

car
シャ くるま くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る コウ わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)