戍

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

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

• 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

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”).

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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sword

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

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

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戍: Hán Việt readings: thú[1][2][3][4]
戍: Nôm readings: thú[1]

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