U+8700, 蜀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8700

[U+86FF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8701]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中心中戈 (WLPLI), four-corner 60127, composition 𠣜 or 𦉶)

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang 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
         

Shuowen Jiezi interprets this as a pictograph of a silkworm: with (, “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

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Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (25)
Final () (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyowk
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
suk6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 11842
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djoɡ/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. () the name of a state in ancient China
  2. another name for Shu Han, one of Three Kingdoms
  3. Sichuan (a province of China)
  4. silkworm on hollyhock
  5. Alternative form of (zhú, caterpillar)
See also
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Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia
(~朝, ~代)
2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang
(~朝, ~代)
(~朝, ~代)
1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou
(~朝, ~代)
1046 – 256 BCE Western Zhou
西周
Eastern Zhou
東周东周
Spring and Autumn period
春秋
Warring States period
戰國战国
Qin
(~朝, ~代)
221 – 206 BCE
Han
(~朝, ~代)
206 BCE – 220 C.E. Western Han
西漢西汉
Xin
(~朝)
Eastern Han
東漢东汉
Three Kingdoms
三國三国
220 – 280 C.E. Wei
Shu Han
蜀漢蜀汉
Wu
Jin
(~朝, ~代)
265 – 420 C.E. 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
Western Wei
西魏
Eastern Wei
東魏东魏
Northern Zhou
北周
Northern Qi
北齊北齐
Southern dynasties
南朝
Liu Song
劉宋刘宋
Southern Qi
南齊南齐
Liang
(~朝, ~代)
Chen
(~朝, ~代)
Sui
(~朝, ~代)
581 – 618 C.E.
Tang
(~朝, ~代)
618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國五代十国
907 – 960 C.E.
Liao
(~朝, ~代)
907 – 1125 C.E.
Song
(~朝, ~代)
960 – 1279 C.E. Northern Song
北宋
Southern Song
南宋
Western Xia
西夏
1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin
(~朝, ~代)
1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao
西遼西辽
1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan
(~朝, ~代)
1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming
(~朝, ~代)
1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing
(~朝, ~代)
1636 – 1912 C.E.

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Compare (, “single, alone”). According to Fangyan, it is used in the ancient Chu language (楚語):

南楚 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
南楚 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Yang Xiong, Fangyan, c. 1st century BCE
Yī, shǔ yě. Nánchǔ wèi zhī shǔ. [Pinyin]
is . People from Southern Chu call it .

Pronunciation

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Note: zêh8 - Chiang Mai, Hat Yai.
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: yiag8
      • Sinological IPA: /ziak̚²/

Definitions

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  1. (Min) Alternative form of (one)
Synonyms
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References

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  • 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), “”, 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), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 213.

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. green caterpillar
  2. Sichuan

Readings

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

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
しょく
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC dzyowk).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(しょく) (Shokuしよく (Syoku)?

  1. Shu (a former state and former dynasty in ancient China)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 나라 이름 (nara ireum chok))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: xọc, thục

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