1. short name for Sichuan 四川 Sìchuān province
2. one of the Three Kingdoms 三國 Sānguó after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢 Shǔ Hàn, situated around what is now Sichuan province

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

1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
6. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
2. alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)