# 戍

| 戍 | U+620D, &#25101; 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 5320$_0$, 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
### 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 (shu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syu$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shù
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shù
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^4$
*** Yale: shù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^3$
*** Yale: syu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* 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 | /ɕɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕi̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^3$ |
* 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 | ‹ syu$^H$ › |
| 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
* to defend the frontier; (in general) to defend; to garrison
    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. [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.
* (literary) soldier that defends the border
* (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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* 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
* chữ Hán form of thú (“border defense, border garrison”).

#### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).