Read Edit View history Discussion 蜀 shǔ short name for Sichuan Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person (人) raising silkworms (虫). Refers to Can Cong (蠶叢), the legendary ruler of the kingdom of Shu (modern-day Sichuan), who was said to have been the inventor of silk. Pinyin Separate values with commas shǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts the eye of a person. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蜀 Simp strokes 蜀 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蜀 Simp strokes 蜀 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a silkworm. 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481 604 513 Q 710 528 724 513 Q 746 471 728 245 Q 716 140 683 68 Q 667 32 646 30 Z", "M 260 371 Q 250 377 217 379 Q 205 382 203 376 Q 197 370 206 356 Q 231 314 250 244 Q 254 223 268 210 Q 286 191 290 205 Q 291 212 292 223 L 288 253 Q 275 319 272 342 C 268 367 268 367 260 371 Z", "M 555 286 Q 577 334 603 349 Q 619 365 606 381 Q 593 394 547 419 Q 531 426 511 420 Q 468 405 429 395 L 373 384 Q 318 377 260 371 C 230 368 242 339 272 342 Q 281 342 293 345 Q 333 352 375 357 L 425 365 Q 455 371 485 376 Q 510 380 519 370 Q 526 364 524 352 Q 517 321 510 294 C 503 265 542 259 555 286 Z", "M 418 241 Q 479 250 564 256 Q 574 257 575 265 Q 575 272 555 286 L 510 294 Q 506 294 504 293 Q 461 284 420 274 L 379 267 Q 330 260 288 253 C 258 248 262 224 292 223 Q 302 222 312 224 Q 340 231 380 235 L 418 241 Z", "M 414 165 Q 415 205 418 241 L 420 274 Q 421 317 424 357 Q 424 361 425 365 C 428 393 428 393 429 395 Q 429 396 430 396 Q 434 409 436 420 Q 439 430 422 441 Q 394 456 374 459 Q 361 462 354 454 Q 348 448 355 436 Q 373 412 373 384 L 375 357 Q 378 314 379 267 L 380 235 Q 380 198 380 158 C 380 128 413 135 414 165 Z", "M 520 187 Q 468 177 414 165 L 380 158 Q 316 148 245 134 Q 224 130 191 134 Q 178 133 175 124 Q 172 111 180 102 Q 201 83 232 61 Q 242 57 254 64 Q 299 91 495 151 Q 514 158 532 165 C 560 176 549 193 520 187 Z", "M 532 165 Q 574 93 579 90 Q 586 89 593 94 Q 605 101 603 136 Q 604 154 594 169 Q 573 196 515 228 Q 509 234 505 225 Q 502 213 520 187 L 532 165 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.