Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

386 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: state, province

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: シュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんぼんがわ

Meaning: river

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(しゅう)   state

立(しゅうりつ)   state-run

都(しゅうと)   state capital

(きゅうしゅう)   Kyushu

(ほんしゅう)   Honshu

イリノイ(イリノイしゅう)   state of Illinois

三角(さんかくす)   delta

Onyomi Examples

シュウ state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear

政府 シュウセイフ state government

コウシュウ Guangzhou (China), Kwangchow, Canton

沿海 エンカイシュウ (Russian) maritime provinces

sandbank, sandbar

洲浜 スハマ sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake

シラス white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

ナカス sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Kunyomi Examples

sandbank, sandbar

洲浜 すはま sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake

しらす white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand

なかす sandbank (in a river), sandbar