州
See also: 川 and 洲
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Translingual
Han character
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州 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈中戈中 (ILIL), four-corner 32000, composition ⿻⿲丿丶丶川(GJKV) or ⿻⿲丶丶丶川(HT))
Derived characters
- 㖄 洲 栦 絒 𧋀 詶 酬 銂 駲 喌
Alternative forms
- 𠂗 刕
Descendants
- ツ
References
- KangXi: page 324, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8678
- Dae Jaweon: page 624, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 46, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5DDE
Chinese
trad. | 州 | |
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simp. # | 州 | |
alternative forms | 𠄓 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 州 | |||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Characters in the same phonetic series (州) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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洲 | *tju |
州 | *tju |
喌 | *tju, *tjuɡ |
酬 | *dju |
詶 | *dju, *djus |
Pictogram (象形) – islet in a river.
Pronunciation
Definitions
州
- † Alternative form of 洲 (zhōu, “islet in a river”).
- (historical, now still used in place names) zhou (a type of historical political divisions of China, usually translated as prefecture or province)
- 揚州/扬州 ― Yángzhōu ― (historical) Yang Province; (modern) Yangzhou
- Short for 自治州 (zìzhìzhōu).
- state; canton; oblast (of some countries)
Synonyms
- (state): (Dungan) область
See also
- 省份 (shěngfèn), 省 (shěng, “province”)
- 縣/县 (xiàn, “county”)
Descendants
- → Lü: ᦵᦋᦲᧁᧈ (tsoew¹)
- → Manchu: ᠵᡝᠣ (jeo)
- → Mongolian: ᠵᠧᠦ (ǰēü), жүү (žüü)
- → Khotanese: -cū
- → Old Turkic: 𐰲𐰆𐰉 (čub¹)
Compounds
Derived terms from 州
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Japanese
Kanji
州
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: す (su)
- Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)←しう (siu, historical)
- Kun: す (su, 州, Jōyō); しま (shima, 州)
Etymology 1
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州 |
しゅう Grade: 3 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 州 (MC t͡ɕɨu).
Noun
州 • (shū) ←しう (siu)?
- first-level administrative division of some countries, such as: (1) state of the United States, Australia, India, Nigeria and Germany; (2) province of Canada; (3) canton of Switzerland; etc.
- used in place names, usually associated with (historical) political divisions
Compounds
- 自治州 (jichishū)
- 道州制 (dōshūsei)
- 九州 (Kyūshū)
- 本州 (Honshū)
- 豪州 (Gōshū)
- 備州 (Bishū)
- 長州 (chōshū)
- 奥州 (ōshū)
- 座州 (zasu)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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州 |
しゅう Grade: 3 |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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洲 (dated) |
州 is a daiyōji replacing 洲.
Suffix
州 • (-shū) ←しう (siu)?
- continent
- used in place names
Compounds
- 欧州 (Ōshū, “Europe”)
- 満州 (Manshū, “Manchuria”)
Etymology 3
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州 |
す Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 州 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 州, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean
Hanja
州 (eumhun 고을 주 (go'eul ju))
- Hanja form? of 주 (“state; province”).
Vietnamese
Han character
州: Hán Nôm readings: châu, chu
- state, province