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蜀

蜀

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

擉 噣 獨 (独) 濁 (浊) 斶 臅 燭 (烛) 鐲 (镯) 襡 蠋 躅 觸 (触) 髑 韣 蠲 劅 斀 歜 斣 鸀 薥 屬 (属)

References

  • KangXi: page 1084, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33086
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1551, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2921, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+8700

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 蜀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蜀
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (蜀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
襡 *toːʔ, *toːɡs, *doːʔ, *doːɡ, *djoɡ
噣 *toːɡs, *tuɡs, *rtoːɡ, *tjoɡ
斣 *toːɡs
歜 *sdoːmʔ, *tʰjoɡ
斀 *rtoːɡ
孎 *rtoːɡ, *toɡ
濁 *rdoːɡ
鐲 *rdoːɡ, *zroːɡ, *djoɡ
鸀 *rdoːɡ, *tjoɡ
擉 *sʰroːɡ
獨 *doːɡ
髑 *doːɡ
韣 *doːɡ, *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
斸 *toɡ
钃 *toɡ
欘 *toɡ
躅 *doɡ
蠋 *doɡ, *tjoɡ
燭 *tjoɡ
囑 *tjoɡ
矚 *tjoɡ
屬 *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
属 *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
蠾 *tjoɡ, *djoɡ
觸 *tʰjoɡ
臅 *tʰjoɡ
觕 *sʰlaː, *zlaːʔ, *tʰjoɡ
蜀 *djoɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蜀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 燭 (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 市玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡ʑɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡ʑiok̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡ʑiok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡ʑuawk̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʑiok̚/
Wang
Li		 /ʑĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʑi̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shú
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蜀
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzyowk ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]ok/
English caterpillar; Shu [place name]

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜀
Reading # 1/1
No. 11842
Phonetic
component		 蜀
Rime
group		 屋
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 蜀
Old
Chinese		 /*djoɡ/
Notes 甲文本象形，此爲加蟲轉註字，亦作蠋

Proper noun

蜀

  1. Shu Han (Shu), a state in ancient China
  2. Sichuan province in modern China
Compounds
  • 古蜀
  • 蜀國／蜀国
  • 蜀葵 (shǔkuí)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜀 – see 一.
(This character, 蜀, is a variant form of 一.)

Japanese

Kanji

蜀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. green caterpillar
  2. Sichuan

Readings

Korean

Hanja

蜀 • ‎(chok)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 촉 (revised: chok, McCune-Reischauer: ch'ok, Yale: chok)
  • Name (hangeul): 나라이름()
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Vietnamese

Han character

蜀 (xọc, thục)

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