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蜀

shǔ

short name for Sichuan

Depicts a person (人) raising silkworms (虫). Refers to Can Cong (蠶叢), the legendary ruler of the kingdom of Shu (modern-day Sichuan), who was said to have been the inventor of silk.

Components
目 iconic component

目  Iconic component

mù

  

eye

Depicts the eye of a person.

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

虫 iconic component

虫  Iconic component

chóng

  

bug, insect

Depicts a silkworm.

Evolution

蜀 Oracle script Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)

Oracle script

Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)
蜀 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
蜀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蜀 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蜀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蜀  

shǔ

name of an ancient state

蜀  

Shǔ

short name for Sichuan 四川[Sì​chuān] province; one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[Sān​guó] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shǔ​Hàn], situated around what is now Sichuan province

Most common words with 蜀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蜀

short name for Sichuan 四川[Sì​chuān] province

蜀葵

hollyhock

乐不思蜀

indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)

蜀山

Shushan district of Hefei city 合肥市[Hé​féi​shì], Anhui

玉蜀黍

corn

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

濁 躅

Sound component in 8 characters (3 verified)

屬 獨 觸 燭 鐲 镯 蠲 髑

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ok

dzyowk

shǔ

caterpillar; Shu [place name]


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2602nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+8700

Shuowen

“蜀，葵中蠶也。从虫。上目象蜀頭形，中象其身蜎蜎。《詩》曰：‘蜎蜎者蜀。’”


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