戍(shù)

6 strokes

garrison

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Character information

Pinyin
shù
Meaning
garrison
Strokes
6
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 戍 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿵戊丶

Arms 戈 surrounding the country 丶

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

戊wù丶zhǔ

Parts are arranged enclosing from above.

How to write 戍 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 戍

Common words using 戍 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

tún屯shù戍

to garrison; to defend (a frontier); soldier garrisoned at a frontier

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zhēng征shù戍

garrison

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shù戍zú卒

garrison soldier

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shù戍biān边

to garrison the border

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Related characters

From 戍’s common words

屯征卒边

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