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<WL>蜀 [shǔ] a caterpillar (moth/butterfly larva), silkworm@@; (HDZ:) 蠋: 蛾蝶类的幼虫; …
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<WL>蜀 [shǔ] moth larva/caterpillar, silkworm@@; (HDZ:) 蠋: 蛾蝶类的幼虫; …
The Shuōwén Seal form of 蜀(􂕆) shǔ ‘caterpillar (like silkworm, but feeding on hollyhock?)is said to combine 虫(􂔗) chóng ‘insect’, with 目(􀣽) mù ‘eye’ above for the eyes/head, and a curved line in the middle (now written like 勹) for the wriggling body.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 蜀(􂕆) shǔ ‘moth larva/caterpillar/silkworm’ (a kind of silkworm feeding on 蜀葵 hollyhock) is said to combine 虫(􂔗) chóng ‘insect’, and 目(􀣽) mù ‘eye’ for the eyes/head (or cocoon), with a curved line in the middle for the wriggling body (or silk strand), in modern forms wr. like 勹(􁣆) bāo ‘wrap’; later wr. 蠋 shǔ ‘moth larva’.
Older graphs associated with 蜀(􂕆) are pictographs omitting the 虫 component, and so today would be written simply 𦉶; some old graphs write the body as 厹(􂤠𠫗禸𠘯), e.g. as in 禺, 禼, 禽, 萬.
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Note: 蜀葵 shǔkuí ‘hollyhock (Alcea rosea)’.
“An insect resembling a silkworm; N. pr. of an ancient state, Sìchuān (the silk-producing country) — picture of the insect in question, enlarged by 虫” —Karlgren.
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Compare: 𢍰(􀝖𦌩􂏸𦆎繹) yì ‘unwind/unravel silk strands from cocoons’ (in which 罒 ‘cocoon’); cf. 勹(􁣆) bāo ‘wrap’.
Compare: 蜀葵 shǔkuí ‘hollyhock (Alcea rosea).
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Older graphs associated with 蜀(􂕆) are pictographs omitting the 虫 component, and so today would be wr. simply 𦉶; in some old graphs the body is wr. as 厹(􂤠𠫗禸𠘯), e.g. as in 禺, 禼, 禽, 萬, cf. 禹 in 属/屬.
HDZ: 蜀 : shǔ : 蠋: 蛾蝶类的幼虫; 一, 独; 大鸡; 祭器; (古) (族名), (国名); (朝代名); (地名); (星名) 十二宫星大火之一; (姓)
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“[蜀] An insect resembling a silkworm; N. pr. of an ancient state, Sìchuān (the silk-producing country) — picture of the insect in question, enlarged by 虫” —Karlgren(AD).
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HDZ: 蜀 : shǔ : 蠋: 蛾蝶类的幼虫 (cf. 蠋); 一, 独; 大鸡; 祭器; (古) (族名), (国名); (朝代名); (地名); (星名) 十二宫星大火之一; (姓)
 
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