戍

See also: 戊 and 戌

戍 U+620D, 戍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-620D ← 戌 [U+620C] CJK Unified Ideographs 戎 → [U+620E]

Translingual

Han character

戍 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹戈 (IHI), four-corner 5320₀, composition ⿵戊丶 or ⿹戈人(GHT))

Derived characters

• 㤜 㳚 㲓 䎉 荗 蔑
• 𠲌 𡜐 𣆒 𤞉 𬙱 𧊥 𧙠 𧶂 𨹒 𪑆 𨹇 𥎕 𣆭 𥥰 𮅇 𢣳 𡋊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 411, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11537
• Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1398, character 3
• Unihan data for U+620D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		戍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 戍
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 (“man”) + 戈 (“spear”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴
    • Yale: shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu³
    • Yale: syu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
    • Tâi-lô: sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syuH

Rime
Character	戍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	傷遇切
Baxter	syuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuə̆H/
Li Rong	/ɕioH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[n̥]o-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljos/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	戍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ syuH ›
Old Chinese	/*[n̥]o-s/
English	guard (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	戍
Reading #	1/1
No.	11859
Phonetic component	戍
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戍
Old Chinese	/*hljos/

Definitions

戍

1. to defend the frontier; (in general) to defend; to garrison

   • 秦伯說，與鄭人盟。使杞子、逢孫、楊孫戍之，乃還。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秦伯说，与郑人盟。使杞子、逢孙、杨孙戍之，乃还。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qín bó yuè, yǔ Zhèng rén méng. Shǐ Qǐzǐ, Féngsūn, Yángsūn shù zhī, nǎi huán. [Pinyin]

     The earl of Qin was pleased with this speech, and made a covenant with the people of Zheng, appointing Qi Zi, Feng Sun, and Yang Sun to guard the territory, while he himself returned to Qin.

2. (literary) soldier that defends the border
3. (literary) barracks housing a garrison; garrison

Compounds

• 征戍
• 徭戍
• 戍卒 (shùzú)
• 戍守 (shùshǒu)
• 戍役
• 戍樓／戍楼
• 戍衛／戍卫 (shùwèi)
• 戍邊／戍边 (shùbiān)
• 戍鼓
• 番戍
• 衛戍／卫戍 (wèishù)
• 謫戍／谪戍
• 遣戍

 

Japanese

Kanji

戍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sword

Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅ (ju); しゅ (shu)
• Kun: まもる (mamoru, 戍る)
• Nanori: まもる (mamoru)

Korean

Hanja

戍 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

戍: Hán Việt readings: thú
戍: Nôm readings: thú

1. chữ Hán form of thú (“border defense, border garrison”).