蜀 — kanji meaning “green caterpillar”
蜀
green caterpillar, Szechwan
- Meanings
- green caterpillar, Szechwan
- On'yomi
- ショク (shoku)、ゾク (zoku)
- Kun'yomi
- いもむし
- Strokes
- 13
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- shǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 蜀
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玉蜀黍 | とうもろこし toumorokoshi | corn (Zea mays); maize |
| 蜀漢 | しょっかん shokkan | Shu Han (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263); Shu |
| 蜀黍 | もろこし morokoshi | sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet |
| 望蜀 | ぼうしょく boushoku | insatiability |
| 黄蜀葵 | とろろあおい tororoaoi | sunset hibiscus (Hibiscus manihot) |
| 蜀鳥 | しょくちょう shokuchou | lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) |
| 蜀江の錦 | しょっこうのにしき shokkounonishiki | type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan |
| 蜀錦 | しょっきん shokkin | type of brocade |
| 砂糖蜀黍 | さとうもろこし satoumorokoshi | sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum) |
| 西蛮蜀黍 | せいばんもろこし seibanmorokoshi | Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense); Johnsongrass; Egyptian millet |
| 蜀魂 | しょっこん shokkon | lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.