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Translingual
Han character
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)
Derived characters
References
- 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
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Chinese
Glyph origin
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.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): suk6
- Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̆k
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeh7 / syoeh7
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
- Wade–Giles: shu3
- Yale: shǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
- Palladius: шу (šu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: su2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: su
- Sinological IPA (key): /su²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: suk6
- Yale: suhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: suk9
- Guangdong Romanization: sug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆k
- Sinological IPA (key): /syʔ⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: soeh7
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: se̤̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬœʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: syoeh7
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬyøʔ⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: dzyowk
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ok/
- (Zhengzhang): /*djoɡ/
Definitions
蜀
- (～國) the name of a state in ancient China
- 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.]
- From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd 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
安西将军邓艾大破蜀大将姜维于上邽。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- Sichuan (a province of China)
- (historical dictionaries only) silkworm on hollyhock
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蠋 (zhú, “caterpillar”)
See also
Compounds
Etymology 2
Compare 獨／独 (dú, “single, alone”). According to Fangyan, it is used in the ancient Chu language (楚語):
Pronunciation
- Northern Min (KCR): cì
- Eastern Min (BUC): siŏh
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soh7 / suoh7 / suerh7
- Southern Min
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cì
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡si⁴²/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏh
- Sinological IPA (key): /suoʔ⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: soh7
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: seo̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬɔʔ⁴/
- (Nanri)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: soh7
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬoʔ⁴/
- (Youyang)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: soh7
- Sinological IPA (key): /θoʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: suoh7
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬuoʔ⁴/
- (Donghai)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: suerh7
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬuɤʔ⁴/
- (Fengting)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: suerh7
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬɯəʔ⁴/
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Changtai, Longyan, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore, Philippines)
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍t
- Tâi-lô: tse̍t
- Phofsit Daibuun: zet
- IPA (Hui'an): /t͡set̚²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zêg8 / zêh8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k / tse̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sek̚⁴/, /t͡seʔ⁴/
Note: zêh8 - Chiang Mai, Hat Yai.
Definitions
蜀
Synonyms
References
- 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.
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Japanese
Kanji
蜀
Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 蜀 (MC dzyowk).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Korean
Hanja
蜀 (eumhun 나라 이름 촉 (nara ireum chok))
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Vietnamese
Han character
蜀: Hán Nôm readings: xọc, thục
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