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shù

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shù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shù | shu4
English translation
to garrison, to defend the border

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About shù

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

shù

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

Arms  surrounding the country  diǎn

Etymology of shù

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

戊丶

Explanation

Pictograph of a person ( rén ) with a weapon ().

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Words with shù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shù garrison shù
戍边 shù biān to garrison the border戍邊
戍守 shù shǒu to guard戍守 shù shǒu
戍卒 shù zú garrison soldier戍卒 shù zú
屯戍 tún shù garrison屯戍 tún shù
谪戍 zhé shù in exile as penal servitude謫戍
征戍 zhēng shù garrison征戍 zhēng shù

shù Decomposition & Compounds

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