Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 戍


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Meaning

garrison, to protect

Pronunciation

shù

Explanation

Mainly: halberd , and at the left a person (= & ) [cf. military = ten halberds ]

Mnemonic

The persons with the halberds form the garrison.

Radicals

military(The ten (persons) at the halberd form the military.)
person(everybody)
halberd
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Vocabulary

谪戍 zhé shù in exile as penal servitude
戍边 shù biān to garrison the border; to guard the frontier; exile to a border garrison post
戍角 shù jiǎo garrison trumpet call


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