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戍

戍 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 武器をとって国境をまもる。
  2. 国境の守備。
  3. 守備兵の駐屯地。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。人が戈を持つさまを象る。「まもる」を意味する漢語｛戍｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

protection

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジュ
  • シュ
Kun (native)
  • まもり
  • まも(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音shu4
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtThú

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
戈(ほこ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+620D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿵戊丶

Words using this kanji

  • 戍卒じゅそつgarrison, guard

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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