Read Edit View history 戍 shù defend borders Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person (人) with a weapon (戈). Pinyin Separate values with commas shù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 戍 Simp strokes 戍 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 戍 Simp strokes 戍 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 戍 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 321, 518 ], [ 337, 511 ], [ 411, 519 ], [ 563, 558 ], [ 669, 593 ], [ 717, 594 ] ], [ [ 248, 541 ], [ 285, 505 ], [ 288, 488 ], [ 276, 354 ], [ 250, 227 ], [ 220, 160 ], [ 189, 116 ], [ 117, 46 ], [ 81, 29 ] ], [ [ 360, 317 ], [ 442, 255 ], [ 465, 213 ] ], [ [ 427, 799 ], [ 463, 787 ], [ 492, 763 ], [ 520, 592 ], [ 575, 393 ], [ 631, 254 ], [ 670, 181 ], [ 721, 109 ], [ 792, 40 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-36 Q 915 16 927 167 Q 928 194 919 195 Q 913 195 870 94 Q 855 60 834 58 Q 821 62 799 76 Q 736 128 685 207 L 656 260 Q 596 384 559 533 L 548 579 Q 527 678 530 753 Q 539 796 480 813 Q 443 826 422 816 Q 403 807 414 788 Q 466 751 469 715 Q 485 634 503 565 L 514 522 Q 559 345 625 212 L 651 163 Z", "M 625 212 Q 565 139 456 51 Q 447 44 455 40 Q 462 37 474 42 Q 577 87 651 163 L 685 207 Q 686 210 690 213 Q 730 268 768 363 Q 781 391 797 419 Q 804 429 799 440 Q 792 450 760 469 Q 738 482 727 480 Q 712 476 714 460 Q 723 369 656 260 L 625 212 Z", "M 673 754 Q 704 735 736 710 Q 749 700 764 702 Q 774 703 777 716 Q 780 729 768 756 Q 761 775 729 785 Q 656 803 644 795 Q 640 791 642 779 Q 646 769 673 754 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works 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