123456Keywordgarrisonto garrisonto defend the borderFrequency#4424Strokes6ReadingsshùMnemonicArms 戈 surrounding the country 丶Stroke orderComposed of戊fifth in order丶dotUsed in characters蔑to belittle篾bamboo splints or slatsUsed in vocabulary戍shùgarrison戍边shùbiānto garrison the border; to guard the frontier; exile to a border garrison post戍守shùshǒuto guard谪戍zhéshùin exile as penal servitude戍卒shùzúgarrison soldier屯戍túnshùto garrison; to defend (a frontier); soldier garrisoned at a frontier