戍 — Chinese character
戍
shù
to garrison, to defend the border
- Pinyin
- shù
- Radical
- 62 ⼽ (Halberd)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 戊 丶
- Formation
- ideographic — Arms 戈 surrounding the country 丶
- Japanese
- 戍 as a kanji
Common words with 戍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戍边 (戍邊) | shù biān | to garrison the border; to guard the frontier |
| 戍守 | shù shǒu | to guard |
| 谪戍 (謫戍) | zhé shù | in exile as penal servitude |
| 戍卒 | shù zú | garrison soldier |
| 屯戍 | tún shù | to garrison; to defend (a frontier); soldier garrisoned at a frontier |
| 征戍 | zhēng shù | garrison |
| 戍角 | shù jiǎo | garrison trumpet call |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.