州 — state, province

しゅう州 state

しゅう

U+5DDE Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #386 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #135 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

state
province

Readings

On'yomi: しゅう shuu
Kun'yomi: す su

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しゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

州(しゅう) shuu state 九(きゅう) 州(しゅう) kyuushuu Kyushu (region) 北(きた) 九(きゅう) 州(しゅう) kitakyuushuu Kitakyushu (city name) 州(しゅう) 都(と) shuuto state capital 広(こう) 州(しゅう) koushuu Guangzhou (China) 満(まん) 州(しゅう) manshuu Manchuria 信(しん) 州(しゅう) shinshuu Shinshu 州(しゅう) 政(せい) 府(ふ) shuuseifu state government

Words by frequency and grade

10 words

Each dot is a word containing 州: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 3 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

丶 dot

かわ川 river

Used as component in (1)

しゅう酬 repay

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#47 巛 river