Chinese Character Wiki
戍

shù

defend borders

Pictograph of a person (人) with a weapon (戈).

Components
人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

戈 iconic component

戈  Iconic component

gē

  

spear

Evolution

戍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戍 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
戍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戍 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
戍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戍  

shù

defend borders, guard frontiers; garrison

Most common words with 戍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

戍

garrison

戍边

to garrison the border

戍守

to guard

戍卒

garrison soldier

屯戍

garrison

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

篾

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

蔑

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[n̥]o-s

syuH

shù

guard (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3767th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+620D

Shuowen

“戍，守邊也。从人持戈。”


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