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州
しゅう
N3
suffix
Meanings
1
state
2
province
3
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.)
4
province (e.g. of Canada)
5
county (e.g. of the UK)
6
continent
7
province (of Japan)
8
province (of ancient China)
Example sentence
これらの州は結合して１つの国になった。
These states were united into one nation.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 州 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
州
State, Province
6 strokes
More words with
州
欧州
おうしゅう ·
Europe
九州
きゅうしゅう ·
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
北九州
きたきゅうしゅう ·
Kitakyushu (city)
州都
しゅうと ·
state capital
州政府
しゅうせいふ ·
state government
広州
こうしゅう ·
Guangzhou (China)
Full entry on Jisho
沿海州
えんかいしゅう ·
Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
九州
きゅうしゅう ·
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
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