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州

N2

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • state
  • province

On'yomi (音読み)

  • シュウ
  • ス

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • す
Strokes
6
JLPT Level
N2
Frequency
#208
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
巛#47 · river

Components

Common Words

  • 州しゅうNoun
    state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK)
  • 欧州おうしゅうNoun
    Europe
  • 九州きゅうしゅうNoun
    Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
  • 州都しゅうとNoun
    state capital, provincial capital, county town
  • 州政府しゅうせいふNoun
    state government
  • 広州こうしゅうNoun
    Guangzhou (China), Canton
  • 北九州きたきゅうしゅうNoun
    Kitakyushu (city)
  • 沿海州えんかいしゅうNoun
    Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)

Practice in Kanjiru

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