Kanji 蜀 Words: Meanings and Readings

とうもろこしばたけ

cornfield

おうしょっき

sunset hibiscus (Hibiscus manihot)

とうもろこし

corn (Zea mays)

くつてどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

さとうもろこし

sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum)

せいばんもろこし

Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)

もろこし

sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

ぼうしょく

insatiability

しょく

Shu (kingdom in ancient China; ??-316 BCE)

しょくかん

Shu Han (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263)

しょっきん

type of brocade

しょっこうのにしき

type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period

しょくちょう

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

ろうをえてしょくをのぞむ

never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more