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蜀

Mandarin · pinyin Shǔ

short name for Sichuan 四川 Sì chuān province
one of the Three Kingdoms 三國 Sān guó after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢 Shǔ Hàn, situated around what is now Sichuan province

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蜀: shǔ · one of the Three Kingdoms, established by Liu Bei

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character · Etymology 1

(～國) the name of a state in ancient China
another name for Shu Han, one of Three Kingdoms
Sichuan (a province of China)
(historical dictionaries only) silkworm on hollyhock
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蠋 (zhú, “caterpillar”)

character · Etymology 2

(Min) alternative form of 一 (“one”)

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