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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
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
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 (“man”) + 戈 (“spear”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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戍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ syuH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*o-s/
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| English
|
guard (v.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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戍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11859
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Phonetic
component
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戍
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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戍
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Old
Chinese
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/*hljos/
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Definitions
戍
- 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. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qín bó yuè, yǔ Zhèng rén méng. Shǐ Qǐzǐ, Féngsūn, Yángsūn shù zhī, nǎi huán.
- 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.
- (literary) soldier that defends the border
- (literary) barracks housing a garrison; garrison
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
戍
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- sword
Readings
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
- chữ Hán form of thú (“border defense, border garrison”).
References
