Chinese symbol for “defenders”

守军

shǒu jūn

Traditional: 守軍

defenders

The closest CC-CEDICT match for defenders is 守军 (shǒu jūn), defined as: defenders.

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Characters and stroke order

守 shǒu

to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait

radical 40 ⼧ · 6 strokes

军 jūn

army, military; soldiers, troops

radical 14 ⼍ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

軍 jūn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 守军.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
遵守	zūn shǒu	to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
保守	bǎo shǒu	conservative; to guard
守护 (守護)	shǒu hù	to guard; to protect
防守	fáng shǒu	to defend; to protect (against)
坚守 (堅守)	jiān shǒu	to hold fast to; to stick to
守卫 (守衛)	shǒu wèi	to guard; to defend
军队 (軍隊)	jūn duì	armed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)
军事 (軍事)	jūn shì	military affairs; (attributive) military

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.