州 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「巛」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「巛」
- On
- シュウしゅう · shū
- Kun
- すsu
- Meaning
- state, province, sandbank
Stroke order
Origin
A picture of a sandbank in the middle of a river. As land people could live on, it came to mean 'sandbank, state, province'.
Readings and examples
| Onシュウしゅうshū | 州議会しゅうぎかい六大州ろくだいしゅう |
|---|---|
| Kunすsu | 州しゅう中州なかす三角州さんかくしゅう |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 九州きゅうしゅう
Kyushu
- 本州ほんしゅう
Honshu
- 欧州おうしゅう
- 歙州きゅうしゅう
Example
九州は 日本の 南に あります。
Kyushu is in the south of Japan.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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