# 蜀

| 蜀 | U+8700, &#34560; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8700 |
| ← 蛿 [U+86FF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蜁 → [U+8701] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蜀 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中心中戈 (WLPLI), four-corner 6012$_7$, composition ⿱罒𠣜 or ⿹𦉶虫)

#### Derived characters

* 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)

#### 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蜀 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 |
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
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shǔ (shu$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): suk$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̆k
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soeh$^7$ / syeh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sio̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zuag$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^3$
*** Yale: shǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: su$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: su
*** Sinological IPA : /su²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: suk$^6$
*** Yale: suhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: suk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊk̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆k
*** Sinological IPA : /syʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: soeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬœʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: syeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬyøʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k
*** Tâi-lô: sio̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siok
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zuag$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsua̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suak̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: dzyowk
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 |
| Baxter | dzyowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑiok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑuawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭwok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | suk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*djoɡ/
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 |

#### Definitions

蜀
* (～國) the name of a state in ancient China
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th 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.
* another name for Shu Han, one of Three Kingdoms
    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
* 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

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history :
| Name | Time period | Divisions | 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 | |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周 | Spring and Autumn period 春秋 |
| Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代) | 1046 – 256 BCE | Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Western Wei 西魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Zhou 北周 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Northern dynasties 北朝 | Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐 |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代) |
| Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝 | 420 – 589 C.E. | Southern dynasties 南朝 | 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 | 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. | | |

#### Compounds

* 古蜀
* 大蜀
* 巴蜀 (Bāshǔ)
* 平隴望蜀 / 平陇望蜀
* 後蜀 / 后蜀 (Hòushǔ)
* 得隴望蜀 / 得陇望蜀 (délǒngwàngshǔ)
* 樂不思蜀 / 乐不思蜀 (lèbùsīshǔ)
* 玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ)
* 蜀本
* 蜀椒
* 蜀漢 / 蜀汉 (Shǔ Hàn)
* 蜀犬吠日 (shǔquǎnfèirì)
* 蜀窯 / 蜀窑
* 蜀素帖
* 蜀繡 / 蜀绣 (shǔxiù)
* 蜀艇
* 蜀葵 (shǔkuí)
* 蜀道 (Shǔdào)
* 蜀道難 / 蜀道难
* 蜀郡
* 蜀錦 / 蜀锦 (shǔjǐn)
* 蜀黍 (shǔshǔ)
* 蜀黨 / 蜀党

### Etymology 2

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.]一，蜀也。南楚谓之蜀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: Yang Xiong, Fangyan, c. 1st century BCEYī, shǔ yě. Nánchǔ wèi zhī shǔ. [Pinyin]一 is 蜀. People from Southern Chu call it 蜀.

#### Pronunciation

* Northern Min (KCR): cì
* Eastern Min (BUC): siŏh
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): soh$^7$ / suoh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t / che̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg$^8$ / zêh$^8$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yiag$^8$
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cì
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siŏh
*** Sinological IPA : /suoʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: soh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬɔʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: suoh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬuoʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Changtai, Longyan, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t
*** Tâi-lô: tsi̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cit
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sit̚⁴³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Penang): /t͡sit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Longyan): /t͡sit̚³²/
*** IPA (Nan'an): /t͡sit̚²³/
*** IPA (Changtai): /t͡sit̚³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sit̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Hui'an)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍t
*** Tâi-lô: tse̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zet
*** IPA (Hui'an): /t͡set̚²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêg$^8$ / zêh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k / tse̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sek̚⁴/, /t͡seʔ⁴/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: yiag$^8$
*** Sinological IPA: /ziak̚²/

#### Definitions

蜀
* (Min) Alternative form of 一 (“one”)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 一 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 一, 幺 as a digit |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 一 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 一 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 一 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 一 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 一 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 一 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 一 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 一 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 一 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 一 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 一 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 一 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 一 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 一 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 一 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 一 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 一 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 一 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 一 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 一 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lipu | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yangshuo | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Oudomxay | 一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pematangsiantar | 一 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 一 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 一 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 一 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 一 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 一 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 一 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 一 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 一 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 一 |
| Mandarin | Jiangshan (Nianbadu) | 一 |
| Mandarin | Kaihua (Huabu) | 一 |
| Mandarin | Yushan (Huaiyu) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 一 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 一 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 一 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 一 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 一 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 一 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 一 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 一 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan (Danzhu) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xinxu) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Chentang) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu | 一 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 一 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 一 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 一 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 一, 𠬠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 一, 𠬠 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Dongxing | 一 |
| Cantonese | Lingchuan (Yangjia) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Sarikei (Xinhui) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 一, 𠬠 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 一 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 一 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 一 |
| Gan | Pengze | 一 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Yongping) | 一 |
| Gan | Fengcheng | 一 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 一 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 一 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 一 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 一 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 一 |
| Hakka | Changting | 一 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 一 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 一 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 一 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 一 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 一 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 一 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 一 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 一 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 一 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 一 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 一 |
| Hakka | Binyang (Wangling) | 一 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 一 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Shuangduitun) | 一 |
| Hakka | Lipu (Dashigu) | 一 |
| Hakka | Pingle (Tong'an) | 一 |
| Hakka | Yangshuo (Jinbao) | 一 |
| Hakka | Guidong | 一 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 一 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 一 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 一 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 一 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 一 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 一 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 一 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 一 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 一 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 一 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 一 |
| Huizhou | Shexian (Daguyun) | 一 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 一 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 一 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 一 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 一 |
| Jin | Datong | 一 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 一 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 一 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 一 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 一 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 一 |
| Jin | Linhe | 一 |
| Jin | Jining | 一 |
| Jin | Liangcheng | 一 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 一 |
| Jin | Baotou | 一 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 一 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 一 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 一 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 一 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 一 |
| Jin | Handan | 一 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 一 |
| Jin | Suide | 一 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 一 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蜀 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 蜀 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 蜀 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 個 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蜀 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蜀 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 蜀 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蜀 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蜀 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 蜀 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Pingtian) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Xiaowen) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Dongsheng) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Hong Kong (Yuen Chau Tsai) | 蜀, 一 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蜀, 一 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蜀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 蜀 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蜀 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 蜀 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 蜀 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 蜀 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 蜀 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 蜀 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 蜀 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 寡 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 寡 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 個, 蜀 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蜀 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 一 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 一 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dongbianzhou) | 一 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Yangjia) | 一 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Qianjing) | 一 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 一 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 一 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Gaoqiao) | 一 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 一 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 一 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 一 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 一 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 一 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 一 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 一 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 一 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 一 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Wujiang) | 一 |
| Wu | Danyang | 一 |
| Wu | Nanjing (Zhongbao, Gaochun) | 一 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 一 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Fuyang) | 一 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 一 |
| Wu | Xiangshan | 一 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 一 |
| Wu | Songyang (Gushi) | 一 |
| Wu | Longquan | 一 |
| Wu | Jiangshan | 一 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 一 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 一 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 一 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 一 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang (Meiqiao) | 一 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 一 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 一 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 一 |
| Xiang | Hengshan | 一 |
| Xiang | Hengshan (Baiguo) | 一 |
| Xiang | Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao) | 一 |

### 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.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* green caterpillar
* Sichuan

#### Readings

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

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 蜀
* しょく Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 蜀 (MC dzyowk).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕo̞kɯ̟]

### Proper noun

蜀(しょく) • (Shoku)
* Shu (a former state and former dynasty in ancient China)

## Korean
### Hanja

蜀 (eumhun 나라 이름 촉 (nara ireum chok))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蜀: Hán Nôm readings: xọc, thục
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