蜀 (shǔ): short name for Sichuan 四川 province, one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province
蜀 (shǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “short name for sichuan 四川 province.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 罒 (structural), 勹 (structural) and 虫 (structural). It ranks #2492 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- short name for Sichuan 四川 province
- one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉, situated around what is now Sichuan province
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜀葵noun | shǔ kuí | hollyhock (Alcea rosea) |
| 乐不思蜀phrase | lè bù sī shǔ | indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom) |
| 玉蜀黍noun | yù shǔ shǔ | corn |
| 巴山蜀水phrase | bā shān shǔ shuǐ | mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom) |
| 蜀山区 | shǔ shān qū | Shushan, a district of Hefei City 合肥市, Anhui |
| 得陇望蜀phrase | dé lǒng wàng shǔ | lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized |
| 蜀国 | shǔ guó | Sichuan |
| 蜀相 | shǔ xiàng | the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮) |
| 蜀山proper-noun | shǔ shān | see 蜀山區|蜀山区 |
| 乐蜀proper-noun | lè shǔ | Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration) |
| 巴蜀proper-noun | bā shǔ | Sichuan |
| 怪蜀黍noun | guài shǔ shǔ | see 怪叔叔 |
| 蜀犬吠日phrase | shǔ quǎn fèi rì | lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom) |
| 蜀汉proper-noun | shǔ hàn | Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han |
| 药蜀葵 | yào shǔ kuí | marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis) |
蜀 appears in 18 compound words: 50 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 28 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 蜀 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 蜀.
Example Sentences
学习蜀字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí shǔ zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "蜀" requires repeated practice to achieve neat and precise writing.
一场足球赛事，串联起赛场激情与蜀地夏日文旅体验，向全国球迷发出夏日邀约。
yī chǎng zú qiú sài shì , chuàn lián qǐ sài chǎng jī qíng yǔ shǔ dì xià rì wén lǚ tǐ yàn , xiàng quán guó qiú mí fā chū xià rì yāo yuē .
A soccer tournament combines the excitement of the game with a summer cultural and tourism experience in Sichuan, extending a summer invitation to soccer fans across the country.
《非遗里的中国》走进四川德阳解码古蜀文脉的当代传承
fēi yí lǐ de zhōng guó zǒu jìn sì chuān dé yáng jiě mǎ gǔ shǔ wén mài de dāng dài chuán chéng
"China Through Its Intangible Cultural Heritage" Visits Deyang, Sichuan, to Explore the Contemporary Transmission of Ancient Shu Cultural Heritage
而在电影外，观众也能从川博院藏文物里，看到八仙故事在蜀地留下的历史足迹。
ér zài diàn yǐng wài , guàn zhòng yě néng cóng chuān bó yuàn zàng wén wù lǐ , kàn dào bā xiān gù shì zài shǔ dì liú xià de lì shǐ zú jì .
Beyond the film, visitors can also trace the historical footprints left by the stories of the Eight Immortals in the Shu region through the artifacts in the Sichuan Provincial Museum’s collection.
成都博物馆:承古蜀文脉 启天府新程
chéng dōu bó wù guǎn : chéng gǔ shǔ wén mài qǐ tiān fǔ xīn chéng
Chengdu Museum: Carrying Forward the Cultural Heritage of Ancient Shu, Ushering in a New Era for the Land of Abundance
Character Family
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