How to write 蜀

蜀 [shǔ] 1. 中国四川省的别称。 (Another name for Sichuan Province.) 2. 中国朝代名。 (Name of a Chinese dynasty.) 3. 中国周代诸侯国名，在今四川省成都市一带。 (Name of a feudal state during the Zhou Dynasty, located in the present-day Chengdu area of Sichuan Province.) 4. 中国四川省的别称： - 蜀本（宋代在四川刻印的书籍）。 (Shu Ben: books printed in Sichuan during the Song Dynasty.) - 蜀客（旅游蜀地的人）。 (Shu Ke: tourists visiting Sichuan.) - 蜀椒。 (Shu pepper.) - 蜀绣（四川出产的刺绣）。 (Shu embroidery: embroidery produced in Sichuan.) - 蜀锦。 (Shu brocade.) - 得陇望蜀。 (A phrase indicating to be greedy for more land, literally "Having gained Long, looking for Shu.") 5. 古族名、国名、郡名。 (Ancient ethnic group name, kingdom name, county name.) - 在今四川一带。 (In the present-day Sichuan area.) 6. 朝代名：蜀汉。 (Name of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, known as Shu.) 7. 蛾蝶类的幼虫。 (Caterpillar in the sense of the larva of moths and butterflies.) 8. 同本义。 (Same original meaning: caterpillar.) 引证例： 1. 《说文》：蜀，葵中蚕也。 (Shuo Wen: Shu refers to the silkworm among the sunflowers.) 2. 《诗·东山》：蜎蜎者蜀。传：“桑蚕也。” (Poems: 'The fluttering creatures are caterpillars. It refers to silkworms.') 3. 《管子·水池》：欲小则化为蚕蠋。 (Guanzi: If small, they turn into silkworms.) 4. 《韩非子》：鳣似蛇，禹似蜀，人见蛇则惊骇，见蜀则毛起。 (Han Feizi: The fish resembles a snake, and the Shu resembles itself; people are horrified at the sight of a snake but shiver at the sight of a caterpillar.) 例： - 蜀江（蜀郡之内的江河）。 (Shu River: Rivers within the Shu region.) - 蜀魄（杜鹃鸟的代称）。 (Shu Po: A euphemism for the cuckoo bird.) - 蜀王春恨（传说杜鹃春天啼鸣时声音悲切，以致嘴角流血）。 (Shu Wang Chun Hen: A legend that the cuckoo cries sorrowfully in spring, leading to bloody tears at its beak.) - 蜀国（泛指蜀地）。 (Shu Country: A general reference to the Shu area.)