蜀
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short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province; one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
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How 蜀 is formed
Characters built with 蜀 as their sound component
These characters all use 蜀 (shǔ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜀 sound component | shǔ | the name of an ancient state |
| 镯 | zhuó | bracelet, armband; small bell |
| 蠲 | juān | millipede; glow-worm; bright, clear |
| 髑 | dú | skull |
Words containing 蜀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴山蜀水 | Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ | mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom) |
| 乐不思蜀 | lè bù sī Shǔ | indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom) |
| 蜀山区 | Shǔ shān Qū | Shushan, a district of Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui |
| 蜀国 | Shǔ guó | Sichuan; the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods; the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) o… |
| 蜀山 | Shǔ shān | see 蜀山區|蜀山区[Shu3 shan1 Qu1] |
| 巴蜀 | Bā shǔ | Sichuan; originally two provinces of Qin and Han |
| 蜀相 | Shǔ xiàng | the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]) |
| 乐蜀 | Lè shǔ | Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration) |
| 秦岭蜀栈道 | Qín lǐng shǔ zhàn dào | the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan |
| 蜀汉 | Shǔ Hàn | Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming leg… |
| 得陇望蜀 | dé Lǒng wàng Shǔ | lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized; fig. endless greed; insatiable desire |
| 蜀犬吠日 | Shǔ quǎn fèi rì | lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most c… |
| 药蜀葵 | yào shǔ kuí | marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis) |
| 蜀锦 | Shǔ jǐn | brocade from Sichuan |
| 蜀绣 | Shǔ xiù | Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the ot… |
| 蜀葵 | shǔ kuí | hollyhock (Alcea rosea) |
| 玉蜀黍 | yù shǔ shǔ | corn |
| 怪蜀黍 | guài shǔ shǔ | see 怪叔叔[guai4 shu1 shu5] |