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Meanings
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- 1.short name for Sichuan 四川[Sì chuān] province
- 2.one of the Three Kingdoms 三国[Sān guó] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀汉[Shǔ Hàn], situated around what is now Sichuan province
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Wiktionary
- 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
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Etymology
The upper component 𦉶 is attested independently in Shang oracle bone script, showing a large 目 (“eye”) with a short hooked stroke. Jiang Yubin (蔣玉斌) identifies it as the original character for 獨 (“alone”), while Chen Jian (陳劍) and Guo Yongbing (郭永秉) read it as 矚 (“to gaze intently”), taking the non-目 portion as a figure leaning on a staff. Both words belong to a *dok family associated with focused vision and conspicuousness (cf. 燭 (“to illuminate”)). The form with added 虫 (“insect”) first appears in Western Zhou inscriptions for the Shu place name; Shuowen Jiezi reanalyzes it as a pictogram of a silkworm. Attested as early as in Western Zhou oracle bone H11:68: 伐蜀 (attack Shu), H11:97: 克蜀 (defeat Shu).
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Stroke order
Components
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