蜀

green caterpillar; Szechwan

13 strokes.

Readings

• ショク (on reading): 蜀 (しょく) Sichuan (province in China); 望蜀 (ぼうしょく) insatiability
• ゾク (on reading)
• いもむし (kun reading)

Components

• 罒
• 勹
• 虫
• 勹 radical wrap
• 買 radical net, top form of 网
• 虫 radical insect

Kanji containing 蜀

• 濁 voiced
• 獨 alone
• 燭 light
• 觸 touch
• 躅 tap with the feet
• 屬 genus
• 髑 skull

Words using 蜀

• 蜀 (しょく) Sichuan (province in China)
• 望蜀 (ぼうしょく) insatiability
• 隴を得て蜀を望む (ろうをえてしょくをのぞむ) never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more
• 蜀漢 (しょっかん) Shu Han (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263)
• 蜀鳥 (しょくちょう) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

8 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists