戍
shù

defend borders

Pictograph of a person (人) with a weapon (戈).

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
戈
戈 Iconic component
gē spear

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

篾

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyuH[n̥]o-s guard (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“戍，守邊也。从人持戈。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)