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戍

shù

Character

What 戍 means

1. garrison

Words starting with 戍

• 戍卒shù zúgarrison soldier
• 戍守shù shǒuto guard
• 戍角shù jiǎogarrison trumpet call
• 戍边shù biānto garrison the border; to guard the frontier; exile to a border garrison post

Words containing 戍

• 屯戍tún shùto garrison; to defend (a frontier); soldier garrisoned at a frontier
• 征戍zhēng shùgarrison
• 谪戍zhé shùin exile as penal servitude

Characters that look like 戍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 戒jièto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn
• 戊wùfifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; fifth in order…
• 戎rónggeneric term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs
• 戌quused in 屈戌儿

Sounds the same

Read shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 数number; figure; several; a few
• 树tree; to cultivate; to set up
• 术method; technique
• 述(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 束to bind; bunch; bundle
• 墅villa
• 恕to forgive
• 竖to erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
• 庶(bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡
• 漱to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
• 沭river in Shandong
• 澍moisture; timely rain