蜀 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

green caterpillar, Szechwan

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショク
  • ゾク
Kun (native)
  • いもむし
Other languages
  • 拼音shu3
  • 한글chog
  • Hán-ViệtThục

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8700

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱罒𠣜

Words using this kanji

  • しょくSichuan (province in China), Shu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263), Shu Han, Shu (kingdom in ancient China; ??-316 BCE)
  • 蜀黍もろこしもろこし。高粱。sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), Indian millet
  • 蜀漢しょっかんShu Han (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263), Shu
  • 蜀鳥しょくちょうほととぎすの別称。lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • 蜀錦しょっきんtype of brocade
  • 蜀魂しょっこんほととぎすの別称。lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • 蜀江の錦しょっこうのにしきtype of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan, type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-8
Four Corner
6012.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5g8.7
Nelson
3640