蜀

蜀 U+8700, 蜀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8700 ← 蛿 [U+86FF] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜁 → [U+8701]

蜀 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中心中戈 (WLPLI), four-corner 6012₇, composition ⿱罒𠣜 or ⿹𦉶虫)

• 㒔, 噣, 擉, 濁(浊), 獨(独), 斶, 㯮, 燭(烛), 㻿, 臅, 襡, 蠋, 觸(触), 躅, 鐲(镯), 䪅, 韣(𱂋), 𩑂, 䮷, 髑, 蠲, 𩼟
• 䟉, 劅, 斀, 斣, 歜, 䫳, 鸀(𱊬), 薥, 屬(属)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1084, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33086
• Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2921, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8700

simp. and trad.		蜀

Shuowen Jiezi interprets this as a pictograph of a silkworm: with 目 (mù, “eye”) depicting its head above its wriggling body; cf. 蠶叢／蚕丛 (“silkworm-thicket”), legendary inventor of silk and sericulture and ancestor of the first dynasty of the Shu kings.

蜀

1. (～國) the name of a state in ancient China

   • 十有一月，公會楚公子嬰齊于蜀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     十有一月，公会楚公子婴齐于蜀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Shíyǒuyī yuè, gōng huì chǔ gōngzǐ yīngqí yú shǔ. [Pinyin]

     In the eleventh month, the Duke met the princeling Yingqi of Chu in Shu.

2. another name for Shu Han, one of Three Kingdoms

   • 安西將軍鄧艾大破蜀大將姜維於上邽。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     安西将军邓艾大破蜀大将姜维于上邽。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Ānxī jiāngjūn dèng ài dà pò shǔ dà jiāng jiāng wéi yú shàngguī. [Pinyin]

     (Wei) General-who-Calms-the-West Deng Ai soundly defeated Shu Grand General Jiang Wei at Shanggui

3. Sichuan (a province of China)
4. ^‡ silkworm on hollyhock
5. ^† Alternative form of 蠋 (zhú, “caterpillar”)

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周／东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國／战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢／西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢／东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國／三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉
		Wu 吳／吴
Jin 晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉／西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉／东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏／东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊／北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋／刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊／南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國／五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼／西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.

Compare 獨／独 (dú, “single, alone”). According to Fangyan, it is used in the ancient Chu language (楚語):

一，蜀也。南楚謂之蜀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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一，蜀也。南楚谓之蜀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Yang Xiong, Fangyan, c. 1^st century BCE

Yī, shǔ yě. Nánchǔ wèi zhī shǔ. [Pinyin]

一 is 蜀. People from Southern Chu call it 蜀.

蜀

1. (Min) Alternative form of 一 (“one”)

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “蜀”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 508.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “蜀”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 213.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. green caterpillar
2. Sichuan

• Go-on: ぞく (zoku)
• Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
• Kun: いもむし (imomushi, 蜀)

Kanji in this term
蜀
しょく Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 蜀 (MC dzyowk).

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟]

蜀(しょく) • (Shoku) ^{←しよく (Syoku)?}

1. Shu (a former state and former dynasty in ancient China)

蜀 (eumhun 나라 이름 촉 (nara ireum chok))

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蜀: Hán Nôm readings: xọc, thục

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