蜀绣

Traditional form:

蜀繡

Pinyin (reading):

Shǔxiù

Definitions:

• Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡／苏绣 ( Sūxiù), 湘繡／湘绣 ( Xiāngxiù) and 粵繡／粤绣 ( Yuèxiù))

Characters:

• 蜀 - the name of an ancient state
• 绣 - to embroider; embroidery; ornament

Traditional characters:

• 蜀 - the name of an ancient state
• 繡 - to embroider; embroidery; ornament