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
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 虫 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 蜀
- Common rank
- #2,555
- Unicode
- U+8700
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Formation & memory
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How 蜀 is formed
Words with 蜀
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴山蜀水 | mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom) | |
| 乐不思蜀 | indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom) | |
| 蜀山区 | Shushan, a district of Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 蜀国 | Sichuan; the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods; the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) o… | |
| 蜀山 | see 蜀山區|蜀山区[Shu3 shan1 Qu1] | |
| 巴蜀 | Sichuan; originally two provinces of Qin and Han | |
| 蜀相 | the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]) | |
| 乐蜀 | Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration) | |
| 秦岭蜀栈道 | the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan | |
| 蜀汉 | Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming leg… | |
| 得陇望蜀 | lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized; fig. endless greed; insatiable desire | |
| 蜀犬吠日 | lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most c… | |
| 药蜀葵 | marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis) | |
| 蜀锦 | brocade from Sichuan | |
| 蜀绣 | Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the ot… | |
| 蜀葵 | hollyhock (Alcea rosea) | |
| 玉蜀黍 | corn | |
| 怪蜀黍 | see 怪叔叔[guai4 shu1 shu5] |
Sound family
These characters use 蜀 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜀 sound part | the name of an ancient state | |
| 镯 | bracelet, armband; small bell | |
| 蠲 | millipede; glow-worm; bright, clear | |
| 髑 | skull |