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蜀

Shǔ

Character

What 蜀 means

1. short name for Sichuan {四川|Sì chuān} province
2. one of the Three Kingdoms {三国|Sān guó} after the Han dynasty, also called {蜀汉|Shǔ Hàn}, situated around what is now Sichuan province

Words starting with 蜀

• 蜀国Shǔ guóSichuan; the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods…
• 蜀汉Shǔ HànShu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming…
• 蜀相Shǔ xiàngthe Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮
• 蜀绣Shǔ xiùSichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery…
• 蜀葵shǔ kuíhollyhock (Alcea rosea)
• 蜀锦Shǔ jǐnbrocade from Sichuan
• 蜀山区Shǔ shān QūShushan, a district of Hefei City 合肥市
• 蜀犬吠日Shǔ quǎn fèi rìlit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most…
• 蜀山Shǔ shānsee 蜀山区

Words containing 蜀

• 巴蜀Bā shǔSichuan; originally two provinces of Qin and Han
• 乐蜀Lè shǔLuxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration)
• 药蜀葵yào shǔ kuímarsh mallow (Althaea officinalis)
• 巴山蜀水Bā shān Shǔ shuǐmountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
• 乐不思蜀lè bù sī Shǔindulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
• 秦岭蜀栈道Qín lǐng shǔ zhàn dàothe Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan
• 玉蜀黍yù shǔ shǔcorn
• 得陇望蜀dé Lǒng wàng Shǔlit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized; fig. endless greed; insatiable desire
• 怪蜀黍guài shǔ shǔsee 怪叔叔

Characters built on 罒

These share the phonetic component 罒 (wǎng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 署shǔoffice; bureau; (Taiwan pr. shù) to sign
• 罘fúplace name
• 罟gǔto implicate; net for birds or fish

Characters that look like 蜀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 聚jùto assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
• 葡púused in 葡萄
• 筒tǒngtube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 葵kuíused in the names of various herbaceous plants
• 箫xiāoxiao, a vertical bamboo flute

Sounds the same

Read Shǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 暑heat; hot weather; summer heat
• 属category; genus (taxonomy); family members
• 鼠(bound form) rat; mouse
• 署office; bureau; (Taiwan pr. shù) to sign
• 数to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list
• 薯potato; yam
• 黍broomcorn millet; glutinous millet
• 曙(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. shù
• 糬used in 麻糬
• 癙illness caused by worry
• 钃metal
• 鼡variant of 鼠