州 – state, province

6 strokesTaught in grade 3#386 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 州 means state, province. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ、ス (shuu, su); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is す (su). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 巛 (no. 47).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
On’yomi	ス	su
Kun’yomi	す	su

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 巛 (Kangxi radical 47). Components: ｜・川・丶.

Words using 州

州しゅうstate (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.)

Example sentences

南部の州へ冬期に旅行すると、今旅行するよりも料金が高くなります。

Traveling to the southern states during the winter will be costlier than it is now.

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Kanji with the same radical

川巡巣

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.