州 — kanji meaning “state”
州
state, province
- Meanings
- state, province
- On'yomi
- シュウ (shuu)、ス (su)
- Kun'yomi
- す
- Name readings
- くに
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #386 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 47
- Chinese reading
- zhōu — Chinese character page
Words with 州
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 九州 | きゅうしゅう kyuushuu | Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan) |
| 欧州 | おうしゅう oushuu | Europe |
| 広州 | こうしゅう koushuu | Guangzhou (China); Canton |
| 州都 | しゅうと shuuto | state capital; provincial capital; county town |
| 北九州 | きたきゅうしゅう kitakyuushuu | Kitakyushu (city) |
| 本州 | ほんしゅう honshuu | Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu |
| 白州 | しらす shirasu | white sandbar; white sandbank |
| 加州 | かしゅう kashuu | California (state) |
| 満州 | まんしゅう manshuu | Manchuria |
| 沿海州 | えんかいしゅう enkaishuu | Primorskaya Oblast (Russia) |
| 信州 | しんしゅう shinshuu | Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province) |
| 州立 | しゅうりつ shuuritsu | state-run (i.e. established and managed by a state in a federal system) |
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