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The Kanji Map

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: す

Onyomi: シュウ, ス

Composition: 丶 川

州

Radical

Radical: 巛

Reading: さんぼんがわ

Meaning: river

Strokes: 3

Reading: さんぼんがわ

川

Examples

Examples with audio

州(しゅう)   state

州立(しゅうりつ)   state-run

州都(しゅうと)   state capital

九州(きゅうしゅう)   Kyushu

本州(ほんしゅう)   Honshu

イリノイ州(イリノイしゅう)   state of Illinois

三角州(さんかくす)   delta

Onyomi Examples

州 (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

州政府 (シュウセイフ) state government

広州 (コウシュウ) Guangzhou (China), Canton

沿海州 (エンカイシュウ) Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)

州 (ス) 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

白州 (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

中州 (ナカス) sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Kunyomi Examples

州 (す) 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

白州 (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

中州 (なかす) sandbank (in a river), sandbar

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