Question

州 す state, province 2 386 6 47 かわ・まがりがわ・さんぼんがわ 象形 Pictographic There were 3 little islands in the stream who all decided to set themselves up as independent states.

Accepted Answer

シュウ、ス くに 州(しゅう): (1) state; province; county (UK); department (of ancient China) (2) continent (3) (after someone's name) dear 3 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)巛: curving river radical (no.47)丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 巛 3 (none) state シュウ　The original meaning of this character was "sandbar", and for me this conjures up images of the Mississippi River, which is very wide with many sandbars and which was used to define the borders in ten American states. Picture Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer floating by state after state as they adventure down the mighty Mississippi, occasionally beaching their raft on sandbars.

Kanji	州
Onyomi	シュウ、ス
Kunyomi	す
Nanori	くに
English	state, province
Examples	州(しゅう): (1) state; province; county (UK); department (of ancient China) (2) continent (3) (after someone's name) dear
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	386
Components	丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 巛: curving river radical (no.47) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)
Number of Strokes	6
Kanji Radical	巛
Radical Number	47
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	かわ・まがりがわ・さんぼんがわ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	state
Koohii Story 1	There were 3 little islands in the stream who all decided to set themselves up as independent states.
Koohii Story 2	シュウ　The original meaning of this character was "sandbar", and for me this conjures up images of the Mississippi River, which is very wide with many sandbars and which was used to define the borders in ten American states. Picture Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer floating by state after state as they adventure down the mighty Mississippi, occasionally beaching their raft on sandbars.

Radical 丶 Dot Tick State 州 シュウ、ス す

Radical 丶 Dot Tick State 州シュウ、スす