Radical:

meaning for shǔ:

  • - short name for Sichuan 四川 province
  • - one of the Three Kingdoms 三国 after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀汉 , situated around what is now Sichuan provinceShu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Hancornindulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized
  • - fig. endless greed
  • - insatiable desiremountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)