Taxonomy of meanings for 戍:　　

  • 戍 shù (OC: qhjos MC: ɕio) 傷遇切 去 廣韻：【遏也舎也從人荷戈也傷遇切八 】
    • DEFEND
      • vtoNdefend as a garrison
    • FORTIFY
      • nabactdefensive garrison arrangements
      • viactto take urgent defensive action; to keep militarily secure, to garrison
      • vtoNto garrison; defend with a garrison;
    • RECTITUDE
      • nabactmilitary term of office; military duty
    • SOLDIER
      • nborder guards; a border garrson; garrison soldiers
      • viactserve as a garrison soldier
    • WORKER
      • nconscripted garrison soldier
    • FORTRESS
      • TERRITORY

        Additional information about 戍

        說文解字: 【戍】，守邊也。从人持戈。 【傷遇切】

          Criteria
        • DEFEND

          1. The standard general word for defending a community is wèi 衛 (ant. gōng 攻 "attack").

          2. The standard word for defending a place is shǒu 守 (ant. gōng 攻 "attack").

          3. Yù 禦 is to hinder attack effectively and successfully. See HINDER

          4. Fáng 防 refers to defending a concrete or abstract thing successfully.

          5. Hàn 扞 / 捍 is to try to resist an outside attack successfully.

          6. Bǎo 保 is to try to ensure the safety of one's place against a threat from outside.

          7. Shù 戍 put up a (not necessarily successful) military defense.

          8. Bèi 備 is to make defensive arrangements.

          9. Yù 豫 is to make defensive arrangements well ahead in time or in good time. [See also PREPARE][CA]

          10. Kàng 亢 typically refers to the mounting of a vigorous and energetic offensive defence against a violent attack.

        • WORKER

          1. The general term for a corvee labourer or a conscript soldier of any kind is yì 役.

          2. Yáo 徭 refers unambiguously to a corvee labourer and focusses prototypically on the fact that he is sent to a distant place.

          3. Shù 戍 refers specifically to a conscript soldier sent out to guard the borders.