州
state, province
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
6 / 6
Information
Vocabulary
シュウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欧州 | オウシュウ | Europe |
| 九州 | キュウシュウ | Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan) |
| 広州 | コウシュウ | Guangzhou (China); Canton |
| 州都 | シュウト | state capital; provincial capital; county town |
| 州政府 | シュウセイフ | state government |
ス
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砂州 | サス | sandbar; sandbank; shoal |
| 三角州 | サンカクス | (river) delta |
| 座州 | ザス | stranding; running aground |
| 陸繋砂州 | リクケイサス | tombolo |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 州 | しゅう | 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 |
| 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 |
| 北九州 | きたきゅうしゅう | Kitakyushu (city) |
| ノースウェスト準州 | ノースウェストじゅんしゅう | Northwest Territories (Canada) |
| 州 | す | sandbank; sandbar |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
帝
sovereign, the emperor, god, creator
Grade 8JLPT 1
川
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Grade 1JLPT 5
必
invariably, certain, inevitable
Grade 4JLPT 3
斥
reject, retreat, recede, withdraw, repel, repulse
Grade 8JLPT 1
料
fee, materials
Grade 4JLPT 4
斗
Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper, dots and cross radical (no. 68)
Grade 8JLPT 1
半
half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Grade 2JLPT 5
外
outside
Grade 2JLPT 5
不
negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Grade 4JLPT 4
礼
salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
Grade 3JLPT 3